The fate of the Ninth
Interest in the fate of Legio IX Hispana is back to new heights with the release of The Eagle and last year’s Centurion. Many would still like to believe Rosemary Sutcliff’s story about the disappearance of the legion in the mists of Scotland. The evidence does not support this theory, however, and alternatives have been put forward long ago. Duncan Campbell published an overview of the debate in Ancient Warfare IV.5.
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It says that the legion disappeared after 120AD and no records of it but Severanius led a legion IX Hispania against Choesrhoes at elegia and lost 5000-6000 roman soldiers the campaign only lasted 3 days. Nice story, it’s interesting how many wars and fights there was even before crusades with germans, greeks, jews, Belgium the King of Jerusalem first Baudoin, same family of Leopold. Goliath the indo european Moab stone and all the rest with Gaul and Julius Caesar and Gaius Caesar with his Jerusalem statue and Britain…