Roman Britain's Missing Legion / Pen and Sword Military (ePub)
What Really Happened to IX Hispana?
(Sprache: Englisch)
"Examines all the possible fates of the famous IX legion... takes you on a fascinating detective journey through all the corners of the Roman Empire." -History... The Interesting Bits!
Legio IX Hispana had a long and active history, later founding York...
Legio IX Hispana had a long and active history, later founding York...
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"Examines all the possible fates of the famous IX legion... takes you on a fascinating detective journey through all the corners of the Roman Empire." -History... The Interesting Bits!
Legio IX Hispana had a long and active history, later founding York from where it guarded the northern frontiers in Britain. But the last evidence for its existence in Britain comes from AD 108. The mystery of their disappearance has inspired debate and imagination for decades. The most popular theory, immortalized in Rosemary Sutcliffe's novelThe Eagle of the Ninth, is that the legion was sent to fight the Caledonians in Scotland and wiped out there.
But more recent archaeology (including evidence that London was burnt to the ground and dozens of decapitated heads) suggests a crisis, not on the border but in the heart of the province, previously thought to have been peaceful at this time. What if IX Hispana took part in a rebellion, leading to their punishment, disbandment anddamnatio memoriae(official erasure from the records)? This proposed 'Hadrianic War' would then be the real context for Hadrian's 'visit' in 122 with a whole legion, VI Victrix, which replaced the 'vanished' IX as the garrison at York. Other theories are that it was lost on the Rhine or Danube, or in the East. Simon Elliott considers the evidence for these four theories, and other possibilities.
"A great and fascinating read... a page turner... The book offers some interesting and intriguing ideas around the fate of the Ninth." -Irregular Magazine
"An historical detective story pursued with academic rigour." -Clash of Steel
"A seminal and landmark study." -Midwest Book Review
Legio IX Hispana had a long and active history, later founding York from where it guarded the northern frontiers in Britain. But the last evidence for its existence in Britain comes from AD 108. The mystery of their disappearance has inspired debate and imagination for decades. The most popular theory, immortalized in Rosemary Sutcliffe's novelThe Eagle of the Ninth, is that the legion was sent to fight the Caledonians in Scotland and wiped out there.
But more recent archaeology (including evidence that London was burnt to the ground and dozens of decapitated heads) suggests a crisis, not on the border but in the heart of the province, previously thought to have been peaceful at this time. What if IX Hispana took part in a rebellion, leading to their punishment, disbandment anddamnatio memoriae(official erasure from the records)? This proposed 'Hadrianic War' would then be the real context for Hadrian's 'visit' in 122 with a whole legion, VI Victrix, which replaced the 'vanished' IX as the garrison at York. Other theories are that it was lost on the Rhine or Danube, or in the East. Simon Elliott considers the evidence for these four theories, and other possibilities.
"A great and fascinating read... a page turner... The book offers some interesting and intriguing ideas around the fate of the Ninth." -Irregular Magazine
"An historical detective story pursued with academic rigour." -Clash of Steel
"A seminal and landmark study." -Midwest Book Review
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Elliott Simon Elliott
- 2021, 208 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Pen and Sword
- ISBN-10: 152676573X
- ISBN-13: 9781526765734
- Erscheinungsdatum: 15.03.2021
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