Legio VII Gemina
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.W. Haley Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: E.W. Haley Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Apr 14, 2025 12:18 PM
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History
The Roman Legio VII Gemina was based in Tarraconensis and gave its name to the settlement. This ancient place is now León, Spain, which is built atop the ancient settlement.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/236512
42.5996765, -5.569203
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 19149 (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Legio VII Gemina (30 BC - AD 640)
- León (Leon: Spanish, AD 300 - Present)
- Legio VII Gemina located on Unnamed road (unspecified date range)
- Marialba Paleochristian Basilica located at Legio VII Gemina (unspecified date range)
- Murallas de León located at Legio VII Gemina (unspecified date range)
fort, amphitheatre, amphitheater
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 24 F2 Legio VII Gemina
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: León
E.W. Haley, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Legio VII Gemina: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/236512> [accessed: 13 June 2025]
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