Legio IX Hispana

Legio IX Hispana

Legio Nona Hispana (Ninth Spanish Legion) was a Roman legion which operated from the first century BCE until mid 2nd century CE. The Spanish Legion's eventual fate is uncertain. Earlier speculation that it was destroyed in Scotland in about 117 CE, inspiring several works of fiction and movies, has been replaced with a belief that it was transferred out of Britain sometime between 108 and the early 120s. Suggestions for its destruction include its loss during the Roman-Parthian Wars or during the Bar Kokhba Revolt of 132–136 CE. It is mentioned as being stationed to help rebuild the legionary fortress at York (Eboracum) in 107–108 CE and tile stamps at Nijmegen showing that it or at least part of it was there later.