Gemina

E865714

Gemina is the cognomen of the Roman imperial legion Legio VII Gemina, a military unit stationed primarily in Hispania during the early Empire.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Gemina canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (20)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cognomen ⓘ
appliedTo Legio VII ⓘ
linked to: Legio VII Gemina

Roman legion ⓘ
associatedWith Hispania ⓘ
linked to: Hispania (probable)

Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman army ⓘ
category Roman military cognomen ⓘ
derivesFrom Latin adjective "geminus" ⓘ
era early Roman Empire ⓘ
gender feminine form of "geminus" ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1st century AD ⓘ
indicates doubling of a legion ⓘ
merging of units ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
meaning twin ⓘ
partOfName "Legio VII Gemina" ⓘ
linked to: Legio VII Gemina
regionContext Roman Hispania ⓘ
linked to: Roman Spain
usedAs legion title ⓘ
usedBy Legio VII Gemina ⓘ
usedIn Roman military nomenclature ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Legio X Gemina → hasCognomen → Gemina ⓘ
Legio XIV Gemina → cognomen → Gemina ⓘ
Servilii → hasCognomen → Gemina ⓘ
subject linked to: Servilii family
Legio XIII Gemina → cognomen → Gemina ⓘ