Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. The Foreword notes, "Sometime about the year 117 AD, the Ninth Legion, which was stationed at Eburacum where York now stands, marched north to deal with a rising among the Caledonian tribes, and never came marching back." The next night, while his tribe is out hunting for Marcus and Esca, he leads them through the only unguarded route south, a nearly impassible bog. Late winter (6): Marcus mending. Marcus settles into the routine of Isca Dumnoniorum, getting to know his officers and a young local hun… Cradoc's team is descended from their Royal Stables. Guinhumara (2), Cradoc's wife, tall and reserved, Fulvius (3), one of Marcus's 5 "ranker" centurions at Isca. 2nd night after: Dumnonii revolt. Join Facebook to connect with Marcus Flavius Aquila and others you may know. One day (6): Wolf hunt, Esca meets Placidus, "A few days later", March (6): Esca tells Marcus how he was enslaved, "Some days later", "very early spring" (7): Marcus gets to go outside; meets Cottia, aged 12-13, 3 days later (8): Cottia returns; Marcus asks Aquila to open relations with Kaeso and Valaria, Before late spring (8): Cottia a regular visitor, Rufrius Galarius comes from Durinum to examine it, Winter (9): Marcus trains with Esca to recover his strength. Historical novels II: Dark and Middle Ages, Historical novels III: 16th-19th centuries. Cradoc sells horses there (2). Cub (6), a wolf cub rescued by Esca and presented to Marcus, Vipsania (11), Demetrius of Alexandria's ex-cavalry mare. GENERAL Birth Name: Marcus Flavius Aquila Other Names: The Eagle Age: 20 Gender: Male Occupation: Com Sutcliff also assumed that the legion's title of "Hispana" meant that it was raised in Hispania (now Spain and Portugal), but it was probably awarded this title for victories there. Dexion (4), mutual acquaintance with whom Cassius left his team, Lugh the Light of the Sun (6), Esca's god, Prydfirth (7), a horse loved by King Prasutogus, Perseus and Andromeda* (8), Greek hero and damsel in distress, Bacchus, Roma Dea (9), Placidus swears by them, Rufrius Galarius (8), ex-field surgeon of the Second Legion, a Spaniard now of Durinum. the Firth [of Forth] (12), divides Valentia from Caledonia. The Legate refused, was cut down, and the fort overrun, many of the men retreating with the tribesmen. Claudius Hieronimianus and Placidus arrive. "The Eagle of the Ninth", ad. Felix Felton & Susan Ashman, Part 1: The Frontier Fort (BBC Radio 4 FM, 9 August 1971), Part 2: Attack! Marcus Flavius Aquila. Called Eriu by the Celts (17). Marcus, Esca, and Guern depart (13).
Cornelia Jones and Olivia R. Way. The sequence loosely traces a family, of the Roman Empire and then of Britain, who inherit an emerald seal ring bearing the insignia of a dolphin. Hadrian's Wall (4), where the Third Gaulish of the Second have been stationed (4). Bad harvest expected. Two days later, a few miles from the Wall, the hunt catches up with them, and they go to ground in an abandoned signal tower, not expecting to come out again (18). Marcus's hope of seeing the lost legion re-established is dashed, but he is able to bring back the gilded bronze eagle so that it can no longer serve as a symbol of Roman defeat – and thus will no longer be a danger to the frontier's security. [1] It may originally have formed part of a Jupiter statue in the forum of the Roman town. His friends expect him to claim land in the Etruscan hills, but Marcus discovers that like Uncle Aquila, he has made the north his home, and he will take his land here in Britain. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marcus_Flavius&oldid=945895564, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 16 March 2020, at 20:19. Eboracum, Eburacum (1, 6), [York] HQ of the Ninth, then Sixth Legion, including Hieronimianus and Placidus, The Forest of Anderida (7), above Anderida, contiguous with the Spinaii, Anderida [sic, usually Anderitum] (7), [Pevensey] port where Marcus first landed, and bought his flowered dagger, Regnum (9), southern port of Claudius and Placidus's departure. Marcus Flavius Aquila, orphaned son of the senior centurion of the lost Ninth Legion, commands the replacement garrison of auxiliaries at Isca Dumnoniorum, a frontier fort in the far west of Britain. the Horned One (13), a praiseworthy god. That night: they arrive at Borcovicus (19). Late October: Kaeso, Valaria, and Cottia go to Aquae Sulis for the winter (20), A few days later: Marcus, Esca, and Claudius Hieronimianus meet in Calleva (20), Before new year: Marcus planning a secretarial future (21), Winter: Marcus is sick from his wound (21), Spring: Marcus begins to recover; rebuilding of Isca Dumnoniorum begins.
(14), but not eagle. Facebook gives people the power to share … Marcus's mother (1), died soon after his father, Marcus's paternal aunt (1), "rather foolish", who takes him in, Tullus Lepidus (1, 4), Marcus's uncle by marriage, an official with whom he does not get along, Uncle Aquila (1, 4), Marcus's paternal uncle, retired from the legions in Britain, Margarita (5), Aquila's dog buried at Luguvallium, Fourth Gaulish auxiliaries of the Second Legion (1), infantry from the Upper Rhine, "yellow-haired giants". The gift of meat won him the election of Tribune of the Plebs in 327, despite the fact that he was absent for the election. Drusillus (2), one of Marcus's 5 "ranker" centurions at Isca, "a veteran of many campaigns, full of odd wisdom and hard counsel" (2). Servius Placidus (6), tribune from the transit camp, a good hunter (6).
Marcus's 2IC (3). In early spring, Marcus meets his neighbours' young niece, Cottia of the Iceni, who bitterly resents being raised as a Roman, and Esca explains to Marcus that the Frontier tribes like his recognise Roman efficiency but hate losing their own less straightforward worldview (7). Commanded by Drusillus.
Placidus cynically advises Marcus to free Esca before counting on his loyalty, and Marcus takes him at his word. c. 100 ("thirty years ago"): Valentia and Trinomontium abandoned (12).
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