A Roman epic adventure, based on the classic novel The Eagle Of The Ninth, set in the dangerous world of second-century Britain.
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In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila (played by Channing Tatum) arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the First Cohort of the Ninth Legion. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca (Jamie Bell), Marcus sets out across Hadrian’s Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia – to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father’s memory, and retrieve the lost legion’s golden emblem, the Eagle of the Ninth.
Hadrian's Wall Country
The emperor Hadrian visited Britain in 122AD when he found ‘the Britons could not be kept under Roman control’, a remark which suggests that some of the northern tribes were proving difficult. Hadrian’s predecessor, Trajan, had worked to expand the empire; Hadrian felt this had stretched resources too far and decided ‘to build a wall, 80 [Roman] miles long, to separate the Romans from the barbarians’ of the North.
Hadrian’s Wall Country is now a UNESCO inscribed World Heritage Site, and is Britain’s greatest ancient monument and largest Roman tourist attraction within a destination filled with 2000 years of history and heritage. There were once over 30 forts on the Frontier - not to mention around 80 milecastles and 160 turrets, a ditch to the north and the great defensive Vallum earthwork to the south, much of which remain visible today.
The Destiny of a soldier. The honour of a slave. The fate of an empire
On general release 25 March 2011
