tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256458.post-62476374183067892132007-03-08T20:40:00.000Z2007-03-21T15:17:16.147Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_szamxpYp7GM/RfB1DadhKYI/AAAAAAAAABk/_7aT6fgcC_U/s1600-h/aquila.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_szamxpYp7GM/RfB1DadhKYI/AAAAAAAAABk/_7aT6fgcC_U/s320/aquila.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5039656684530772354" border="0" /></a>Finally, I found a good photo of BBC's 1977 series of <span style="font-style: italic;">Eagle of the Ninth</span>, showing Aqulia leading his troops. Details of the production can be found <a href="http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0397778/">here</a>. Marcus Aquila was played by Anthony Higgins. This scene, was, I think also briefly shown in <span style="font-style: italic;">Togas on TV</span> recently, along with a couple of other scenes. Any chance of a DVD release please of the whole series, Auntie Beeb?<br /><br />From a pedant's point of view, the armour looks dodgy. As it's AD 117 they'd be OK with lorica segmentata, but it looks like scale armour. And the helmets are odd too. Perhaps they are auxiliaries? Nethertheless, I'd rather have a well acted drama with naff costumes than nothing at all ...Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16885693119390463576noreply@blogger.com