Founded by the Roman emperor Augustus around the year 41 B.C., Legion XVII of the Imperial Roman Army disappeared in the year 9 A.D. after being sent to deal with troubling tribes in Germanica. What happened to them has always been a bit of a mystery. Urban legend states they went onto Scotland after Germanica and disappeared around the area of Dunbartonshire. This urban myth has now become cemented in history thanks to popular fiction such as The Eagle of the Ninth and films like Centurion and The Eagle, all based…
