The Eagle

247 00:33:37,641 --> 00:33:39,257 My father's dagger is my bond. 248 00:33:42,479 --> 00:33:46,438 I hate everything you stand for. Everything you are. 249 00:33:48,443 --> 00:33:50,104 But you saved me. 250 00:33:52,239 --> 00:33:53,775 And for that, I must serve you. 251 00:34:00,789 --> 00:34:02,405 Who searched this wound? 252 00:34:03,291 --> 00:34:06,829 - The surgeon at the fort. - Was he drunk? I've never seen such a mess. 253 00:34:07,504 --> 00:34:09,461 You must have been in constant pain. 254 00:34:09,631 --> 00:34:13,124 Sent him 200 leagues in a mule cart. Nearly killed him. 255 00:34:13,468 --> 00:34:16,836 I'm gonna have to re-open it. There's still metal in there. 256 00:34:17,472 --> 00:34:21,636 Well, if it's got to be done, let him do it, right? 257 00:34:23,103 --> 00:34:24,783 It'll be over before you know it. 258 00:34:25,188 --> 00:34:27,179 I have the best knives in the business. 259 00:34:35,657 --> 00:34:36,863 Some wine. 260 00:34:51,214 --> 00:34:53,330 - Ready? - Ready. 261 00:34:59,014 --> 00:35:00,345 You can go. 262 00:35:01,391 --> 00:35:04,634 No! I'm gonna need the slave to hold you down. 263 00:35:05,854 --> 00:35:09,643 - Can't my uncle do it? - Me? No. 264 00:35:10,817 --> 00:35:13,559 No, I've grown to hate the sight of blood. 265 00:35:13,695 --> 00:35:16,687 Especially the blood of someone I'm quite fond of. 266 00:35:18,533 --> 00:35:19,864 Be strong. 267 00:35:24,205 --> 00:35:25,821 Quickly now. Hold him down. 268 00:35:28,668 --> 00:35:30,204 Put your weight on him, slave! 269 00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:32,915 Harder! 270 00:35:34,424 --> 00:35:35,914 Take a deep breath. 271 00:35:36,051 --> 00:35:38,213 When I say, "Now," let it out. 272 00:35:39,387 --> 00:35:41,674 Now! 273 00:36:38,822 --> 00:36:40,312 Did I shame myself? 274 00:36:50,458 --> 00:36:51,493 Thank you. 275 00:37:00,468 --> 00:37:01,799 There he is. 276 00:37:05,432 --> 00:37:06,638 Spear! 277 00:37:06,850 --> 00:37:07,965 Now! 278 00:37:09,310 --> 00:37:10,596 Cut him off! Cut him off! 279 00:37:46,639 --> 00:37:49,677 As I remember it, he seemed pretty fond of you. 280 00:37:52,479 --> 00:37:53,560 Marcus. 281 00:37:54,022 --> 00:37:58,687 May I present my nephew, Marcus Flavius Aquila. 282 00:37:58,818 --> 00:38:01,185 Claudius Marcellus, my old friend, 283 00:38:01,488 --> 00:38:04,071 and the esteemed Legate of the Sixth Legion. 284 00:38:04,574 --> 00:38:06,315 Your uncle's an old sparring partner. 285 00:38:07,494 --> 00:38:12,409 Tribune Servius Placidus. An indispensable member of my staff. 286 00:38:12,540 --> 00:38:13,575 Pleasure. 287 00:38:14,876 --> 00:38:17,834 Supper's ready. Boiled eggs and fish. 288 00:38:19,881 --> 00:38:21,371 Don't all rush at once. 289 00:38:24,719 --> 00:38:27,336 If it was my choice, I'd be a soldier all my life. 290 00:38:27,931 --> 00:38:30,719 However, my father will insist I go into politics. 291 00:38:32,435 --> 00:38:34,722 Have we met before? Your name sounds familiar. 292 00:38:35,355 --> 00:38:36,390 I doubt it. 293 00:38:36,731 --> 00:38:38,221 The Tribune's Club, in Rome? 294 00:38:40,109 --> 00:38:42,271 No, I was only a Cohort Centurion. 295 00:38:42,570 --> 00:38:44,231 Ah, right, I remember now. 296 00:38:45,073 --> 00:38:46,073 Flavius Aquila. 297 00:38:46,199 --> 00:38:48,279 Your father marched with the Eagles, too, did he not? 298 00:38:49,619 --> 00:38:51,576 He commanded the First Cohort of the Ninth. 299 00:38:53,456 --> 00:38:55,072 Of course. The Ninth. 300 00:38:55,708 --> 00:38:57,039 Every Roman remembers the Ninth. 301 00:39:00,046 --> 00:39:04,040 Talking of the Ninth, there's been rumor recently along the wall. 302 00:39:04,133 --> 00:39:05,715 Rumors. Rumors! 303 00:39:06,928 --> 00:39:09,090 Britain's full of nothing but rumors. 304 00:39:10,098 --> 00:39:11,805 They say The Eagle's been seen 305 00:39:13,101 --> 00:39:16,935 receiving divine honors in some tribal temple in the far north. 306 00:39:17,438 --> 00:39:20,226 An Eagle in the hands of the Painted People. A potent weapon. 307 00:39:20,733 --> 00:39:23,100 One has to wonder how any Roman could let it go. 308 00:39:24,612 --> 00:39:28,276 If this were to be true, surely we should act. 309 00:39:29,325 --> 00:39:30,611 Well, what would Rome say? 310 00:39:31,786 --> 00:39:34,949 Eagle lost, honor lost. Honor lost, all lost. 311 00:39:35,957 --> 00:39:39,575 Rome would love to get The Eagle back, but politics being politics, 312 00:39:40,128 --> 00:39:42,995 no senator's gonna risk thousands of lives on a tainted legion. 313 00:39:45,008 --> 00:39:46,339 My hands are tied. 314 00:39:47,510 --> 00:39:48,921 Not if you sent one man. 315 00:39:50,305 --> 00:39:51,466 North of the wall? 316 00:39:53,433 --> 00:39:55,800 No Roman could survive up...