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History’s greatest mysteries: what happened to the Roman Ninth Legion?

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The Eagle O Nith

There is a lot of evidence for roman troops being wiped out in the one thirties and indeed the one sixties ad. But you then have to explain wy there's no evidence for them. And simpyo, it takes a long time for a legion to march from britain to the east. So it's possible they were wiped out but you'd have to explain where the evidence has gone. I think theres certan reaction against rosmy suckles book. It's quite clearly wrong in a number of points in it. We knowand that certain things depicted in that book didn't happen in real life. You always need at least three legions in b

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