The Eagle of the Ninth (series)
- User score: 7.5
- Production country: United Kingdom
- Creator: Baz Taylor , Michael Simpson
- Production companies: BBC Scotland
- Genre: Drama, War & Politics
- Release date: 9/4/1977
- Release date of last episode: 10/9/1977
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 1 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 6
- Run time: 30 min.
Series description
In Britannia in 130, a young Roman officer named Marcus Flavius Aquila and his freed slave Esca search for the Ninth Legion's gold eagle standard, which vanished with the legion 13 years earlier.