The disappearance of the Ninth Legion from the historical record has fascinated historians for centuries. The last definite record of the legion in Britain is a tile stamp at York around 108 AD; they are absent from a list of legions compiled around 165 AD. One theory — popularised in fiction — is that they were destroyed in Scotland in a major disaster. Modern scholarship favours a transfer east and subsequent destruction in the Jewish revolt or Parthian War, but the mystery remains unresolved. The legend has inspired the novel "The Eagle of the Ninth".
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