The disappearance of Rome's Ninth Legion has long baffled historians ... For the English, the massacre of the Ninth is an inspiring tale of home-grown "Davids" successfully taking on a relentless ...

But when the Legion arrived in Britain, Queen Boudicca’s army decimated more than half of its 5,000 soldiers in a battle recorded by Tacitus as the Massacre of the Ninth. Once reinforcements ...

A new study by archaeologists at Bournemouth University has revealed that bodies recovered from a "war-cemetery," previously ...

Now archaeologists have discovered a Roman 'industrial estate' near ruins which may once have been home to the famous Roman Ninth Hispanic Legion - the lost legion. The unearthed site includes the ...

In 1954, the children’s novel ‘The Eagle of the Ninth’ popularised the legend of the disappearance of the Roman Ninth Legion in Caledonia. Recent research has shown the Ninth was not ...

But when the Legion arrived in Britain, Queen Boudicca’s army decimated more than half of its 5,000 soldiers in a battle recorded by Tacitus as the Massacre of the Ninth. Once reinforcements ...