The True Story Of The Eagle’s Ninth Legion & How Much Of The Movie Is Real

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 (Channing Tatum) and slave Esca (Jamie Bell) as they attempt to locate the lost eagle standard of the legion of Marcus’ father. There’s a lot of history packed into its runtime, but its accuracy is up for debate.