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Possible. FWIW in the Illiad - IIRC - gunmetal is mentioned in the context of weapons and/or armour.

LOL! u r 2 militaristic :) They need the lead for tools, utensils, implements! For alloying with copper to make gunmetal. No, not to make guns, but household appliances, I simply do not know any better English term for lead-bronze. It is spiż in Polish for you, ATP.

Poking around the net = "bog iron" + "north carolina" shows that it was there and was exploited in early colonial times. So "our Romans" are lucky in this regard. There is silver in the area - and it is often combined with lead in same ore - so if they are even luckier and they find it then they...

As the resident party pooper I will ask: - was it known in 43 AD? Same question about copper ...

Actually the Romans don't need coal to get iron making going. Charcoal +bog iron are enough. But even a blacksmith is unlikely among the three hundred, let alone a blacksmith who - beyond working iron - knows how to find ore and smelt it? Hmmm - maybe if not PBI, but REMFs? From the equipment...

I admit to overreacting on occasion.

The so-called Georgia Goldbelt :) Nevertheless, a map: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Gold_Rush I am wary of "official" data on Amerindians. Too much "ideological wars" and "Indians are so fucking awesome and wonderful!" agenda pushing involved. I am aware that "science" involving First...

Back to OP - work together with natives or enslave them? Their natural instinct would be the latter. But everything depends on the senior Sargeant leading them - hence IMO it'd be up to smarts+personality of the Big Boss i.e. Centurion.

They will be assimilated. Inside 100-150 years their descendants will be indistinguishable from the locals. Three hundred grunts with a smattering of NCOs and a few artisans/artificers (if they are lucky) is not enough to build a lasting AND distinct state. Loss of technology - concrete, iron -...