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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.
Since its re-formation, the official name of the legion was Legion X Gemina (Twin, because not the same anymore). In the Iberian peninsula in 25-13 BCE, X took part in campaigns against the Cantabrom (Basques).
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”.
Historia Legionu X Gemina (Equites) Dzieje legionu X ze wszystkimi jego transformacjami, to niemal pięć wieków wpisanych w schyłek republiki rzymskiej i cały okres cesarstwa. Większość tego czasu, niemal czterysta lat, stacjonował on w Panonii, głównie w Windobonie i Carnuntum, opodal stolicy naszych południowych sąsiadów ...
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.
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.
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.
