An army of four legions and approximately 20,000 auxiliaries ... Following the initial invasion of Britain, the Roman emperor, Claudius, arrived to symbolically lead his army to victory.
One of the most enduring legends of Roman Britain concerns the disappearance of the Ninth Legion. The theory that 5,000 of Rome's finest soldiers were lost in the swirling mists of Caledonia ...
Each legion had between 4,000 and 6,000 soldiers ... to support your lessons and highlight what life was like as a Roman in Britain. BBC Teach has thousands of free, curriculum-linked resources ...
At the core of the army were its legions, which were without equal ... At the northern limit of the Roman Empire was Britain. Soldiers and their families found it to be a cold, remote, hostile ...
In Britain, at the northernmost edge of the ... around 70,000 Romans and pro-Roman Britons and slaughtered the Roman Ninth Legion. Romans in retreat This was an incredible turn of events.