| VII Gemina | Update | 5.11.2016 | |||
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| 1 | Real-Encyclopädie article Legio by Ritterling | p.1629-1642 | |||
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| History | from 30 BC to 284 AD | ||||
| Date | Action | Legionary HQ | Modern name | Province | Comment |
| 68 AD | raised 10th June by Galba in Spain | Hispania Tarraconensis | called Hispana and Galbiana by Tacitus | ||
| 69 | sent to Pannonia by Galba | Carnuntum | Petronell, Austria | Pannonia | |
| 69 | declared for Otho after Galba's murder and marched to Italy | missed 1st battle of Bedriacum | |||
| 69 | sent back to Pannonia by Vitellius | ||||
| 69 | declared for Vespasian and marched to Italy | 2nd battle of Bedriacum, heavy losses | |||
| 70 | combined by Vespasian with the I Ger into VII Gemina and returned to ? Pannonia | Carnuntum | Petronell, Austria | Pannonia | Gemina = twin. Also titled Felix ? |
| 73-74 | Clemens' campaign on upper Rhine (vexillation?) | Possibly received title Felix now. | |||
| 74 | moved to Legio in Spain | Legio | Leon | Hispania Tarraconensis | |
| 89 | moved against Saturninus' revolt on the Rhine | commanded by Trajan | |||
| 119 | helped put down revolt in Britannia (vexillation) | ||||
| 150 | campaign in Mauretania (vexillation) | ||||
| 196 | called Pia (faithful) Felix under Septimius Severus | ||||
| 211/218 | titled Antoniniana after Caracalla | ||||
| 222-235 | titled Severiana Alexandriana after Alexander Severus | ||||
| 235 | Severus Alexander's German campaign (vexillation) | ||||
| 235/238 | titled Maximiana after Maximinian | ||||
| 238/244 | titled Gordiana after Gordian III | ||||
| 244/249 | titled Philippiana pia fidelis after Philip the Arab | ||||
| 284 | still at Legio | Legio | Leon | Hispania Tarraconensis |