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The Mysterious Disappearance of the Ninth Legion
The Mysterious Disappearance of the Ninth Legion
Written By Mister Gu on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 | 5:07 PM
The disappearance of the Ninth Legion or Legio IX Hispana (The “Spanish Legion”) is one of the most enduring legends of Roman Britain and has long baffled the historians. No one knows for sure why, but sometime after 108 or 109 AD, the legion all but disappeared mysteriously from the records. The last concrete information of its whereabouts is in 107-108 AD, where they are mentioned being