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Of the 28 legions under Trajan’s successor, Emperor Hadrian, 3 were stationed in Pannonia Superior: Legio I Adiutrix, Legio XIIII Gemina and Legio X Gemina. Another legion, the X Fretensis, was stationed in Judea and suppressed the Bar Kochba Jewish uprising in 132-135.
All legions retained would have their own unique and sequential number ranging from 1 up to 23 (…except for there being two Legio X, Gemina & Fretensis). Legions with duplicate numbers we’re merged and given the cognomen Gemina, “twin”.
Tarcza legio X Geminapoczątku wieku V n.e., zgodnie z Notitia Dignitatum. Był to jeden z nielicznych, zachowanych dokumentów rzymskiej władzy, który zawiera szczegóły organizacji administracyjnej imperium wschodniego i zachodniego.
Legio X Gemina is thought to have been opposed (or at least not supportive) to Septimius Severus' claim to the throne, and is thus not honored with a denarius by him. Severus was the commander of the neighbouring Legion XIIII Gemina, Carnuntum and Vienna being less than a day trip apart.
Legio X Gemina ("10th Twin(s) Legion" in English), was a Roman legion, which was active during the late Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire as part of the Imperial Roman army. It was one of the four legions used by Julius Caesar in 58 BC, during the Roman invasion of Gaul.
In 70, after the Batavian rebellion was suppressed by the new emperor Vespasian, X Gemina was sent to Batavia in Germania Inferior to police the lands and prevent new revolts.
An inscription in Apamea (Syria) seems to document a transfer of a soldier of X Gemina to the newly-created legion II Parthica, which also stayed in Rome and (like the imperial guard) accompagnied the emperor when he went to the front.
