The Eagle of the Ninth

• 1977
• •
• Ended

• Drama
• War & Politics

★ 8.0 TMDB Rating · 4 votes

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.

Created by

Michael Simpson , Baz Taylor

Seasons

1

Episodes

6

Episode length

~30m

First aired

Sep 4, 1977

Networks

BBC One

Original language

English

Origin

United Kingdom