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To: Little Pig

Sorry to discourage your dreams but the Ninth carried on according to links in the Internet before finally disappearing as most legions eventually did.

Chances are a lot of the rank and file of the Nona Hispana were Celtiberians and relatives of their foes in Britain. Match that with the almost neurotic discipline of the Legion and you have the kind of fighting force which can face odds of over 10 to 1 and win.

Fnatasy and fact get conflated in the production of a good novel, e.g. the Real King Arthur and the character in Le Morte D’Arthur.


19 posted on 04/26/2009 7:07:10 PM PDT by ZULU (Obamanation of Desolation is President. Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.)
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To: ZULU
There seems to be quite a controversy about this, but the recent and more prevalent view seems to be the Ninth rotated out of Britain, probably to the Rhine.

I'm sure the movies will still be good fun, though.

20 posted on 04/27/2009 2:35:40 PM PDT by colorado tanker ("Lastly, I'd like to apologize for America's disproportionate response to Pearl Harbor . . . ")
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