The Eagle of the Ninth — Season 1, Episode 1: Frontier Fort
Drama, War & Politics • 30 min • 1 season, 6 episodes • ★ 8.0/10
Episode synopsis
Obsessed with discovering the fate of his father's lost legion, Marcus arrives in Britain to take command of a frontier fort. He makes friends with Cradoc, a British warrior, and all seems peaceful. Then, on the night of the full moon, the tribes rise in rebellion to attack the fort.
About The Eagle of the Ninth
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.