New evidence for annihilation of Ninth Legion in Britain?

[Robert Vermaat]

I came across this on our old favourite, Wikipedia, but it does list a real academic who's spoken about it, and lists a new text.
"Interestingly the tide of academic opinion seems to be returning to the view that the Legion was probably wiped out in Britain. In a recent book [6], Dr Miles Russell of Bournemouth University observes that there is strong evidence for a catastrophic British war resulting in the annhilation of the ninth early in the reign of Hadrian, possibly in AD 117 as the film suggests."
The book referred to is: [6] Miles Russell (2010) Bloodline: the Celtic Kings of Roman Britain

I bet it's Mr Russell himself (or perhaps his publisher) who wrote that on Wiki. Russell's book is one in a series of recent books which take up a very old theme, namely that of Geoffrey of Monmouth. Old Geoff advocated the view that Britain was never conquered, but that British kings remained British nobles, and soon played first fiddle again in Roman Britain. Next we see British 'Roman' emperors at the head of 'British' armies, etc. etc.

Maybe there is some tide of academic opinion returning to a view that the British were more independent (culturally and politically) under Roman rule - a view that I do not share, btw - but so far I have not seen any evidence of any turning academic tide when it comes to the descruction of VIIII Hispana on British soil. Much less that 'strong evidence' quoted in that book!