Not everything is historically accurate.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Historical drama The Eagle was based on a book, but it asks of how much of the movie is true and what happened to the real Roman Ninth Legion of the movie. Originally sourced from the 1954 novel The Eagle of the Ninth, written by Rosemary Sutcliff, the 2011 movie follows the story of Roman Centurion Marcus Flavius and slave Esca as they attempt to locate the lost eagle standard of the legion of Marcus' father.
Who The Ninth Legion Was & Why Their Disappearance Has Been Historically Debated The Ninth Legion was based on Legio IX Hispana, a legion of the Imperial Roman Army. Legio IX Hispana was frequently nicknamed "Hispana", due to at one point being stationed in Hispania under Caesar Augustus. They were then stationed in Britain in 49 AD, but from 120 AD onward disappeared from Roman records, with no known information as to what happened to them.
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