Legio VII Gemina Roman Standard
Legio VII Gemina Roman Standard
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The legio VII Gemina was born in the turbulent Year of the Four Emperors (AD 69), when the governor of Hispania Tarraconensis, Servius Galba, raised a new legion to march on Rome against Nero. Originally known as VII Galbiana or Hispana, it was reorganised by the emperor Vespasian, who incorporated into it the survivors of the legio I Germanica: from this “merger” derived the name Gemina, the “twin legion”.
After the civil wars and a period of service on the Danube in Pannonia, the VII Gemina was permanently stationed in Hispania, based at Legio, modern León, tasked with controlling the rich gold and iron mines of Gallaecia and guarding the province's main lines of communication. The legion earned the epithets Felix and Pia for its loyalty to the emperors and its good fortune on campaign. It remained in garrison in Hispania for centuries, still attested at León at the end of the 4th century, becoming one of the longest-lasting military corps of the Roman army and contributing profoundly to the Romanisation of the north of the Iberian Peninsula.
HISTORICAL-PHILOLOGICAL STANDARD
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Format
40 x 30 cm (15.7 x 11.8 in), balanced and versatile proportions -
Philological reconstruction
The choice of animal on the standard is based on historical and numismatic sources -
Colour accuracy
Red inspired by the only surviving original Roman standard, preserved at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow
Product specifications for the banner
Product: Historical-philological standard
Material: print on canvas
Size: 40 x 30 cm (15.7 x 11.8 in)
Technique: inkjet print on canvas
Reconstruction: based on historical, epigraphic and numismatic sources
Installation: supplied with a wooden support so it can easily be hung on the wall
Acrylic product specifications
Product: Historical-philological standard
Material: glossy print on acrylic
Size: 40 x 30 cm (15.7 x 11.8 in)
Technique: high-definition reproduction with brilliant rendering
Reconstruction: based on historical, epigraphic and numismatic sources
Installation: supplied with a hook so it can easily be hung on the wall
Framed canvas product specifications
Product: Historical-philological standard
Material: print on painter's canvas
Size: 40 x 30 cm (15.7 x 11.8 in)
Technique: inkjet print on painter's canvas
Frame: hand-carved walnut wood
Reconstruction: based on historical, epigraphic and numismatic sources
