Transcript 1The Eagle - Roman Archaeology for Historians

Brandon Neville
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx4bnwv
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They did exist
But historians question that 5,000 of Rome’s
best soldiers were defeated by rebellious
British tribes
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Did they march north only to be annihilated by
hostile tribes?
There is little evidence that this was the case,
apart from:
The Ninth Legion’s name disappears from the
Roman military rolls
 The memorial to a soldier of the Ninth killed ‘in a
great battle’ though this could have been the earlier
battle with Boudicca
 The Roman Eagle found in Silchester Hampshire
sometime after the disappearance of the Ninth
Legion
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1866 reverend J.G. Joyce found what he
believed to be the lost battle standard of the
Ninth Legion
But this was a case of misinterpretation
The eagle was the inspiration for Rosemary is
what the movie is based on
However the eagle was a civilian symbol, most
likely it stood upon a globe
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In AD 122 Hadrian visited Britain and realized
that the only way to ensure stability was to
build a wall
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