Eagle of the Ninth

Around the year 117 AD, the Ninth Legion, stationed at Eburacum - modern day York - marched north to suppress a rebellion of the Caledonian tribes, and was never heard of again. During the 1860s, a wingless Roman Eagle was discovered during excavations at the village of Silchester in Hampshire, puzzling archaeologists and scholars alike.

In jurul anului 117 d.Hr., Legiunea a IX-a, stationata la Eburacum - York de astazi - a marsaluit spre nord pentru a inabusi o rebeliune a triburilor caledoniene si nu s-a mai auzit niciodata. In anii 1860, un vultur roman fara aripi a fost descoperit in timpul sapaturilor din satul Silchester din Hampshire, i-a surprins deopotriva pe arheologi si pe savanti.