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By Duncan Campbell Interest in the fate of Legio IX Hispana is back to new heights with the release of The Eagle and last year's Centurion. Many would still like to believe Rosemary Sutcliff's story about the disappearance of the legion in the mists of Scotland. The evidence does not support this theory, however, and alternatives have been put forward long ago. Duncan Campbell published an overview of the debate in Ancient Warfare IV.5. This article can now be downloaded for free. Trackback(0)
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There were other legions that vanished from the army list of Rome. What about legio V Alaudau, or legio XXI Rapax, or legio XXII Dietariana? Reading throrugh the available literature gives no real clues as to their fates; the V Alaudau, for example, is said to have been lost during the "Dacian war of Domitian" but apart from that, I can't find any further comments.
Many of these legions survived for centuries in one form or another. legio V Macedonica is quoted as being in Egypt as late as the 6th century AD. Most of them, however, seem to have just faded away. My 'local' legion, (II Augusta) may have been transferred to the Saxon Shore forts in the 4th century (with a name change) but there is precious little evidence (none?) for its final demisse.