Yet of these legions there was one whose end is shrouded in mystery: the Ninth Legion. The disappearance of the Ninth Legion is a mystery that has piqued the interest of historians and archaeologists since the eighteenth century. They knew that it had formed part of the Roman garrison of Britain from the time of the emperor Claudius, but there was no record of its involvement in the great frontier works of the second century. With Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland, István Göz. Directed by Kevin Macdonald. It was the Ninth, the most exposed and northerly of all legions in Britain, that had borne the brunt of the uprising, ending their days fighting insurgents in the turmoil of early 2nd Century Britain. The legions of Rome were the nucleus of Rome’s military might for centuries. The Ninth Legion 2005 16+ 2h 13m International Films An eclectic group of Soviet soldiers ships off to fight in Afghanistan, where they must endure hellish conditions and dangerous mujahedeen forces. The question of what happened to the Ninth Legion is one of the great mysteries of history. It seemed simply to have disappeared. The Ninth Legion ‘Hispana’, the lost legion of Rome that marched into history and onto legend. The nature of its disappearance in the early second century AD – if it ever truly disappeared at all – has sparked a wealth of interest from the media and academia, as a result it is now immortalised in print and rolls of cinematic film. From campaigning in northern Scotland to the Persian Gulf, these devastating battalions extended and cemented Roman power. The Ninth Legion’s relative fame in Britain is in most part down to the children’s novel called “The Eagle of the Ninth” by Rosemary Sutcliff. The Enigma of the Ninth Legion Autor Irina-Maria Manea Self-translation 16798 vizualizări The mysterious disappearance of the famous Ninth Legion has always sparked off the interest of historians. Its sudden disappearance from all records at the start of the Second Century AD has brought about various theories about its fate, including one that Rosemary Sutcliffe used for her famous novel, ‘The Eagle of the Ninth’. In Roman-ruled Britain, a young Roman soldier endeavors to honor his father's memory by finding his lost legion's golden emblem.