Romerica

Scores of Roman-era coins and artifacts have been found in New England and the Ohio River Valley. They didn’t just swim across on their own. Most of these seem to date back to the 2nd century AD, potentially tying them to the Jewish Bar Kokhba uprising in Jerusalem against the Romans in 130 AD. At around the same time, the Roman Ninth Legion disappeared from history. Did members of the Roman Ninth Legion, perhaps accompanied by Jewish survivors of the Bar Kokhba uprising, journey to America in the 2nd century? If so, did they bring with them the lost Temple treasures?