As another Lame Cherry exclusive in matter anti matter.
There is a legend of the Roman 9th Legion which marched into Scotland and disappeared. The movie Centurion creates a fictional tale of what happened to the 9th, but I was moved to inquire as to what exactly took place that led to the building of Hadrian s Wall.
There were 3 Legions in Britain to try and control the barbarians there. In the north, of what is now Scotland were a troublesome group of Celts who painted themselves in blue patterns and had tattoos on their skin, hence the name Picts was given them.
In order to deal with the Picts, the Romans sent out the 9th Legion to conquer and subdue them.
Inquiry states that the Picts harassed the Legion in attacks on all sides in guerilla warfare. In the 5th week of the march, the Roman Legion burned a Pict village, raping women and slaughtering all.
It was at this, that Picts arrayed themselves in battle and were defeated by the Legion in that 5th week.
The Romans were 5 days out from attacking the next village, and began the march to it after the Pict defeat. The Picts harried them each day, but did not array in combat, but instead around midnight of the third day, they swept silently into the Legion camp around midnight, with around 1200 warriors, and slaughtered all but 44, which included the captured General.
The Picts attacked by a bright moon which allowed them to see. The Roman sentries were killed silently and the Legion never knew what exterminated it, as it was so stealthy.
The 44 were all tortured and killed.
This is the history of the 9th Legion in how it ended as inquiry points to.
The movie was much more English entertaining than the reality. It is what it is though in the Lame Cherry upon inquiry in another matter anti matter exclusive in ending mysteries.
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