The 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 Noua, stationata la Eburacum - York-ul de astazi - a marsaluit spre nord pentru a inabusi o rebeliune a triburilor caledoniene si nu s-a mai auzit niciodata de ea. In anii 1860, o acvila romana fara aripi a fost descoperita in timpul sapaturilor din satul Silchester din Hampshire, ceea ce i-a nedumerit atat pe arheologi, cat si pe cercetatori.