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Donna L Taylor Dr. R. Parrish EUH 1000 13 March 2011 This double fowl Has Landed The Eagle a movie directed by Kevin Macdonald staring Channing Tatum and Jamie Bell has a historical basis in the year 140AD in Yankee Britain and Scotland. This movie is based on a childrens apologue book by rosemary Sutcliff, The Eagle of the ordinal, 1954. The storyline revolves around the 120AD disappearance in northern Britain of the legendary Ninth server, a much feared 5000 strong papistic military unit. The fable of the Ninth was a golden Eagle. This emblem disappeared with the Ninth along with their commander, Flavius genus Aquila. Aquilas son, Marcus Aquila, now grown, has a desperate need to slip away his familys get up that was smeared by the loss of the symbolic emblem. Marcus hears that the Eagle has been seen in Scotland, so he takes his British slave that speaks the terminology and ventures into the unknown compass north to recover the Eagle and clear his s tupefys name. stinting historian Malcolm Jack states, the Ninth Legion was a true(a) Roman military unit. It was one of the oldest units in the Roman phalanx by 120AD. It was originally formed by Pompey in 65BC. They fought for Julius Caesar when he was the Governor of Spain in 61BC.

They have galore(postnominal) recorded victories from 61BC to 65AD when they were displace to York to obey the Empire. They helped reinforced a fastness called Eboracum in York. This is the last confirm action based on legionary stamps. After that, fiction and legend takes over. The most general legend is tha t the Ninth was sent into Scotland to quell ! the barbarians to the North and they were carry off and never seen again. This possibility is not supported by some(prenominal) resources available. This annihilation is supposedly what prompted emperor Hadrian to have a besiege built from seacoast to coast separating the Romans from the barbarians. This is a debatable as to the actual reason the fence in was built. Dr. Parrish stated the wall was built to give the troops something to do....If you exigency to get a serious essay, order it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com

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