The Eagle of the Ninth
tv show
6 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired September 04, 1977
Genres:
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.
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Esca
Season 1 - Episode 2 - 1h 30m
Air Date
September 11, 1977
Overview
Badly wounded in the battle, Marcus is discharged from the legion, his soldiering at an end. He goes to recuperate with his uncle Aquila in Calleva. There he saves Esca, a British gladiator, from death in the arena, and from him he hears of the lost legion.