the "roman lost legion" thing is probably mythical. https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/no-romans-need...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Teutoburg_Forest
Why not? As far as I am aware it is a legitimate and decent journalistic news source. It might have a political leaning, but for this sort of reporting I don't think it would give their preferred political party and leverage.