The legio IX #Hispana was one of the oldest legions in the Roman Army and were with Caesar when he invaded Gaul in 58 BC. It disappeared from surviving Roman records after c. 120 AD and there is no extant account of what happened to it.

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Tour of Duty:

Gallic Wars (58–51 BC)
Caesar’s Civil War (49-45 BC)
Cantabrian Wars (29–19 BC)
Invasion of Britain (43 AD)
Boudican revolt (60-61 AD)
Battle of Mons Graupius (83 AD)
Garrisons:

Siscia, Pannonia (?9-43 AD)
Eboracum, Britannia (71 – c.121 AD)
? Noviomagus, Germania Inferior (c. 121–130 AD)
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