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16 mar 2011 · The disappearance of Rome's Ninth Legion has long baffled historians, but could a brutal ambush have been the event that forged the England-Scotland border?
The Roman Empire was renowned for its military prowess, but one of its most enigmatic and haunting mysteries involves the fate of the Ninth Legion. The Ninth Legion, also known as Legio IX Hispana, was a renowned unit of the Roman army that was stationed in Britain during the reign of Emperor Hadrian in the second century AD.
26 maj 2024 · In the long and storied history of the Roman Empire, one enduring mystery continues to captivate scholars and the public alike: the fate of the Ninth Hispania Legion in Britain.
16 gru 2021 · Timeline: The disappearance of the Ninth Legion. AD 43: Invasion. The Roman army annexes southern Britain for the emperor Claudius. Eleven British kings are recorded as surrendering. Although not securely attested, the Ninth Legion may have taken part in these operations. AD 60/1: Rebel queen
the first ever research-led excavation within the fortress at Caerleon, and the first modern excavation of a legionary store anywhere in the Roman. Empire. The excavations uncovered the building’s main entrance, a guardroom, a possible stairway, and four small square storerooms.
The end of Roman rule in Britain occurred as the military forces of Roman Britain withdrew to defend or seize the Western Roman Empire's continental core, leaving behind an autonomous post-Roman Britain.
The IXth legion headed north as part of the initial breakout campaigns in Britain, skirting the territory of the Iceni tribe in modern Norfolk (a Roman client kingdom), then reaching the River Nene where it established a vexillation fort at Longthorpe. It continued north to found another vexillation fort at Leicester, and then a full legionary ...
