The Eagle of the Ninth

The Eagle of the Ninth
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The Eagle of the Ninth

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Overview

In Britannia in 130, a young Roman officer named Marcus Flavius Aquila and his freed slave Esca search for the Ninth Legion's gold eagle standard, which vanished with the legion 13 years earlier.

The Eagle of the Ninth Collection

  • Season 1 (6 Episodes)

Review (1)

  • CinemaSerf (Rated: 7)

    This was made back in the day when the BBC would produce a Sunday evening serialisation of a well known story. This time it's Rosemary Sutcliff's tale of the search by "Aquila" (Anthony Higgins) and his recently spared slave "Esca" (Christian Rodska) for the lost eagle of the ninth Roman legion. His...

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