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* MeaningfulFuneral: Of the Romans that died during the FinalBattle. Lutorius gets a special burial treatment.
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Lutorius, who abandoned Marcus' father on the battle field, eventually dies defending Marcus during the final confrontation with the Seal warriors. He gets a deserved MeaningfulFuneral.
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Lutorius, Guern, who abandoned Marcus' father on the battle field, battlefield, eventually dies defending Marcus during the final confrontation with the Seal warriors. He gets a deserved MeaningfulFuneral.
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* SoldierVsWarrior: The Romans, with their highly organized society and military, represent the "soldier", while the Britons, with their comparatively more disorganized society and fighters, represent the "warrior". This is best exemplified during the battle in the first act, where the Romans march out to face them in an ordered formation, while the Britons charge screaming haphazardly into battle.
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* SympatheticSlaveOwner: Marcus and his Briton slave Esca go on an extended quest in which the possibilities of murder and escape come up, and their positions are reversed when they finally meet Esca's tribe. But Marcus' compassionate and trusting treatment of his slave to that point is then rewarded.
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* TheQueensLatin: [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Not insignificantly averted.]]
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* TheQueensLatin: [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Not insignificantly averted.]]Averted. The Britons speak with British accents, the Romans speak with ''American'' accents.
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** A blink-and-you-miss-it example that probably only true Roman archaeology geeks can appreciate: [[https://aelarsen.wordpress.com/2017/02/17/the-eagle-the-interview/ the film's historical advisor says the tableware is spot on.]]
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** Clothing. Marcus has diner dinner with several important Romans while dressed himself as a Celt, with shirt and ''bracae'' pants, in contrast to his colleagues' Roman togas. Needlessly to say, showing Showing up to a meeting with high-class Romans dressed like a barbarian would have been considered incredibly uncouth in real life.uncouth. This is particularly odd given that Marcus does wear a toga at several points of the film, including a few scenes before. Although this may actually be less of an inaccuracy than it seems (at least in the British setting) and the scene may be a survivor of screen testing-influenced changes to the film during production. [[https://aelarsen.wordpress.com/2017/02/17/the-eagle-the-interview/ According to the film's historical advisor]], originally not all the Roman characters wore togas all the time because, indeed, historically that actually was not the case. But early test audiences found it difficult to differentiate between the Romans and the Britons without the tell-tale togas, so scenes were reshot with togas in them to make the differentiation between characters easier. It's quite possible that originally that scene simply portrayed the same mixture of clothes styles the Romans were intended to wear all throughout the film.
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Not So Different has been renamed, and it needs to be dewicked/moved
* MirroringFactions: The Roman and the Britons; both are quite capable of barbarism and nobility towards themselves and others, both have a thriving slave trade, both factions have some kind of evil aristocrat (Seal King and Placidius), and both 'worship' the Eagle as a symbol of their people and their military prowess. Marcus and the Seal Prince, his Shadow Archetype, have a more personal one: they both treat their peers politely, but have a disdain for slaves, they both set out to avenge the loss of the Eagle (just a hunk of metal) as well as the deaths of their fathers, and when both Kick the Dog, they display some humanity in spite of it (Marcus performing it like a mercy kill, the Prince laying his victim down with dignity.) This is symbolized by the fact that the Prince, who spends most of the movie with war-paint, has it washed off in the end, at which point he kind of resembles Marcus. Also, the music playing when the Druid beheads one of the patrol is the same as when Esca is forced to fight in the arena. The song is called 'Barbarians'.
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* NotSoDifferent: The Roman and the Britons; both are quite capable of barbarism and nobility towards themselves and others, both have a thriving slave trade, both factions have some kind of evil aristocrat (Seal King and Placidius), and both 'worship' the Eagle as a symbol of their people and their military prowess. Marcus and the Seal Prince, his Shadow Archetype, have a more personal one: they both treat their peers politely, but have a disdain for slaves, they both set out to avenge the loss of the Eagle (just a hunk of metal) as well as the deaths of their fathers, and when both Kick the Dog, they display some humanity in spite of it (Marcus performing it like a mercy kill, the Prince laying his victim down with dignity.) This is symbolized by the fact that the Prince, who spends most of the movie with war-paint, has it washed off in the end, at which point he kind of resembles Marcus. Also, the music playing when the Druid beheads one of the patrol is the same as when Esca is forced to fight in the arena. The song is called 'Barbarians'.
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Not the same thing. I cannot remember if they are actually called patricians in the film.
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** Roman names were composed of a ''praenomen'' or first name, a ''nomen'' or surname, and a ''cognomen'' or nickname. "Lucius Caius Metellus" could not be a real Roman name, as it is composed of two ''praenomen'' and a ''nomen''.
** Marcus has diner with several high patricians while dressed as a Celt, with shirt and ''bracae'' pants, in contrast with his colleagues' Roman togas. Needlessly to say, showing up to a meeting with important Romans dressed like a barbarian would have been considered incredibly uncouth in real life. This is particularly odd given that Marcus does wear a toga at several points of the film, including a few scenes before.
** Marcus has diner with several high patricians while dressed as a Celt, with shirt and ''bracae'' pants, in contrast with his colleagues' Roman togas. Needlessly to say, showing up to a meeting with important Romans dressed like a barbarian would have been considered incredibly uncouth in real life. This is particularly odd given that Marcus does wear a toga at several points of the film, including a few scenes before.
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** Roman names were composed of a ''praenomen'' or first name, a ''nomen'' or surname, and if the person in question was notable, a ''cognomen'' or nickname. "Lucius Caius Metellus" could not be a real Roman name, as it is composed of two ''praenomen'' and a ''nomen''.
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** Marcus has diner with several
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** The Scottish locals, whatever they are trying to represent, borrow more from ''Native American'' in prop and costume design than from Celtic people. In particular, as the directs admitted, the "Seal People" are downright based upon Inuit people.
** Roman names were composed of a ''praenomen'' or first name, a ''nomen'' or surname, and a ''cognomen'' or nickname. "Lucius Caius Metellus" would not be real Roman name, as it is composed of two ''praenomen'' and a ''nomen''.
** Marcus has diner with several high patricians while dressed as Celt, with shirt and ''bracae'' pants, in contrast with his colleagues' Roman togas. Needlessly to say, showing up to a meeting with important Romans dressed like a barbarian would have been considered incredibly uncouth in real life. This is particularly odd given that Marcus does wear a toga at several points of the film, including a few scenes before.
** The ''testudo'' formation was used mainly to protect against ranged attacks while moving slowly, not to charge randomly against enemies who seem to have only swords and axes. This formation was particularly bad for the latter purpose, as it packed the men together so much that they could not engage in hand-to-hand with the ease required.
** Roman names were composed of a ''praenomen'' or first name, a ''nomen'' or surname, and a ''cognomen'' or nickname. "Lucius Caius Metellus" would not be real Roman name, as it is composed of two ''praenomen'' and a ''nomen''.
** Marcus has diner with several high patricians while dressed as Celt, with shirt and ''bracae'' pants, in contrast with his colleagues' Roman togas. Needlessly to say, showing up to a meeting with important Romans dressed like a barbarian would have been considered incredibly uncouth in real life. This is particularly odd given that Marcus does wear a toga at several points of the film, including a few scenes before.
** The ''testudo'' formation was used mainly to protect against ranged attacks while moving slowly, not to charge randomly against enemies who seem to have only swords and axes. This formation was particularly bad for the latter purpose, as it packed the men together so much that they could not engage in hand-to-hand with the ease required.
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** The Scottish locals, whatever they are trying to represent, borrow more from ''Native American'' in prop and costume design than from Celtic people. In particular, as the directs director admitted, the "Seal People" are downright based upon Inuit people.
** Roman names were composed of a ''praenomen'' or first name, a ''nomen'' or surname, and a ''cognomen'' or nickname. "Lucius Caius Metellus"would could not be a real Roman name, as it is composed of two ''praenomen'' and a ''nomen''.
** Marcus has diner with several high patricians while dressed as a Celt, with shirt and ''bracae'' pants, in contrast with his colleagues' Roman togas. Needlessly to say, showing up to a meeting with important Romans dressed like a barbarian would have been considered incredibly uncouth in real life. This is particularly odd given that Marcus does wear a toga at several points of the film, including a few scenes before.
** The ''testudo'' formation was used mainly to protect against ranged attacks while moving slowly, not to charge randomly against enemies who seem to have only swords and axes. This formation was particularly bad for the latter purpose, as it packed the men together so much that they could not engage in hand-to-hand with all the ease required.
** Roman names were composed of a ''praenomen'' or first name, a ''nomen'' or surname, and a ''cognomen'' or nickname. "Lucius Caius Metellus"
** Marcus has diner with several high patricians while dressed as a Celt, with shirt and ''bracae'' pants, in contrast with his colleagues' Roman togas. Needlessly to say, showing up to a meeting with important Romans dressed like a barbarian would have been considered incredibly uncouth in real life. This is particularly odd given that Marcus does wear a toga at several points of the film, including a few scenes before.
** The ''testudo'' formation was used mainly to protect against ranged attacks while moving slowly, not to charge randomly against enemies who seem to have only swords and axes. This formation was particularly bad for the latter purpose, as it packed the men together so much that they could not engage in hand-to-hand with all the ease required.
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** The Scottish locals, whatever they are trying to represent, borrow more from ''Native American'' prop and costume design than Celtic. In particular, as the directs admitted, the "Seal People" are downright based upon Inuit people.
** Roman names were composed of a ''praenomen'' or first name, a ''nomen'' or surname and a ''cognomen'' or nickname. "Lucius Caius Metellus" would not be a valid example, as it is composed of two ''praenomen'' and a ''nomen''.
** Marcus has diner with several high patricians while dressed as Celt, with shirt and ''bracae'' pants, in contrast with his colleagues' Roman togas. Needlessly to say, showing up to a meeting with important Romans dressed like a barbarian would have been incredibly uncouth in real life. This is particularly odd given that Marcus does wear a toga at several points of the film, including few scenes before.
** Roman names were composed of a ''praenomen'' or first name, a ''nomen'' or surname and a ''cognomen'' or nickname. "Lucius Caius Metellus" would not be a valid example, as it is composed of two ''praenomen'' and a ''nomen''.
** Marcus has diner with several high patricians while dressed as Celt, with shirt and ''bracae'' pants, in contrast with his colleagues' Roman togas. Needlessly to say, showing up to a meeting with important Romans dressed like a barbarian would have been incredibly uncouth in real life. This is particularly odd given that Marcus does wear a toga at several points of the film, including few scenes before.
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** The Scottish locals, whatever they are trying to represent, borrow more from ''Native American'' in prop and costume design than Celtic.from Celtic people. In particular, as the directs admitted, the "Seal People" are downright based upon Inuit people.
** Roman names were composed of a ''praenomen'' or first name, a ''nomen'' orsurname surname, and a ''cognomen'' or nickname. "Lucius Caius Metellus" would not be a valid example, real Roman name, as it is composed of two ''praenomen'' and a ''nomen''.
** Marcus has diner with several high patricians while dressed as Celt, with shirt and ''bracae'' pants, in contrast with his colleagues' Roman togas. Needlessly to say, showing up to a meeting with important Romans dressed like a barbarian would have been considered incredibly uncouth in real life. This is particularly odd given that Marcus does wear a toga at several points of the film, including a few scenes before.
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** Marcus has diner with several high patricians while dressed as Celt, with shirt and ''bracae'' pants, in contrast with his colleagues' Roman togas. Needlessly to say, showing up to a meeting with important Romans dressed like a barbarian would have been considered incredibly uncouth in real life. This is particularly odd given that Marcus does wear a toga at several points of the film, including a few scenes before.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Tribal warriors with war-paint and suspiciously Mohawk-ish haircuts chasing after someone from another tribe and someone from TheEmpire across miles and miles of unspoilt wilderness: Last of the Mohicans much? The Seal Prince even dies the same way as Mohicans villain Magua in the 1936 film adaptation.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Tribal warriors with war-paint and suspiciously Mohawk-ish haircuts chasing after someone from another tribe and someone from TheEmpire across miles and miles of unspoilt wilderness: ''[[Film/LastOfTheMohicans Last of the Mohicans much? Mohicans]]'' anyone? The Seal Prince even dies the same way as Mohicans villain Magua in the 1936 film adaptation.
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* AdaptationTitleChange: The title was shortened from the original title of the book ''The Eagle of the Ninth''.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The director of the film admits the "Seal People" are supposed to be based upon Inuit people, and the Scottish locals, whatever they are trying to represent, borrow more from Native American prop and costume design than Celtic.
* BaitAndSwitch: When he recovers the Eagle, Marcus engages a masked figure who'd earlier been displaying the Eagle. The man wears the ring of Marcus's father, and Marcus has discovered that some Romans [[GoingNative have turned British.]] He rips off the mask...and sees it's just the Seal King. To finally settle the matter, the Seal King responds to Marcus' demands saying that he took the ring after killing his father, who implored for his life like a coward (he does so in his own language, which Marcus does not understand, and Esca gives a false translation to not hurt his companion).
* BaitAndSwitch: When he recovers the Eagle, Marcus engages a masked figure who'd earlier been displaying the Eagle. The man wears the ring of Marcus's father, and Marcus has discovered that some Romans [[GoingNative have turned British.]] He rips off the mask...and sees it's just the Seal King. To finally settle the matter, the Seal King responds to Marcus' demands saying that he took the ring after killing his father, who implored for his life like a coward (he does so in his own language, which Marcus does not understand, and Esca gives a false translation to not hurt his companion).
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** Thedirector of the film admits the "Seal People" are supposed to be based upon Inuit people, and the Scottish locals, whatever they are trying to represent, borrow more from Native American ''Native American'' prop and costume design than Celtic.
Celtic. In particular, as the directs admitted, the "Seal People" are downright based upon Inuit people.
** Roman names were composed of a ''praenomen'' or first name, a ''nomen'' or surname and a ''cognomen'' or nickname. "Lucius Caius Metellus" would not be a valid example, as it is composed of two ''praenomen'' and a ''nomen''.
** Marcus has diner with several high patricians while dressed as Celt, with shirt and ''bracae'' pants, in contrast with his colleagues' Roman togas. Needlessly to say, showing up to a meeting with important Romans dressed like a barbarian would have been incredibly uncouth in real life. This is particularly odd given that Marcus does wear a toga at several points of the film, including few scenes before.
** The ''testudo'' formation was used mainly to protect against ranged attacks while moving slowly, not to charge randomly against enemies who seem to have only swords and axes. This formation was particularly bad for the latter purpose, as it packed the men together so much that they could not engage in hand-to-hand with the ease required.
* BaitAndSwitch: When he recovers the Eagle, Marcus engages a masked figure who'd earlier been displaying the Eagle. The man wears the ring of Marcus's father, and Marcus has discovered that some Romans [[GoingNative have turned British.]] He rips off the mask... and sees it's just the Seal King. To finally settle the matter, the Seal King responds to Marcus' demands saying that he took the ring after killing his father, who implored for his life like a coward (he does so in his own language, which Marcus does not understand, and Esca gives a false translation to not hurt his companion).
** The
** Roman names were composed of a ''praenomen'' or first name, a ''nomen'' or surname and a ''cognomen'' or nickname. "Lucius Caius Metellus" would not be a valid example, as it is composed of two ''praenomen'' and a ''nomen''.
** Marcus has diner with several high patricians while dressed as Celt, with shirt and ''bracae'' pants, in contrast with his colleagues' Roman togas. Needlessly to say, showing up to a meeting with important Romans dressed like a barbarian would have been incredibly uncouth in real life. This is particularly odd given that Marcus does wear a toga at several points of the film, including few scenes before.
** The ''testudo'' formation was used mainly to protect against ranged attacks while moving slowly, not to charge randomly against enemies who seem to have only swords and axes. This formation was particularly bad for the latter purpose, as it packed the men together so much that they could not engage in hand-to-hand with the ease required.
* BaitAndSwitch: When he recovers the Eagle, Marcus engages a masked figure who'd earlier been displaying the Eagle. The man wears the ring of Marcus's father, and Marcus has discovered that some Romans [[GoingNative have turned British.]] He rips off the mask... and sees it's just the Seal King. To finally settle the matter, the Seal King responds to Marcus' demands saying that he took the ring after killing his father, who implored for his life like a coward (he does so in his own language, which Marcus does not understand, and Esca gives a false translation to not hurt his companion).
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* HollywoodTactics: A scythed chariot would not stand a chance in hell against well-formed heavy infantry, let alone legionaries. Marcus letting his troops turn around and run is the worst thing he could have done. Doubly so, seeing as the Romans had developed an [[http://www.roman-empire.net/army/repel-cavalry.html extremely effective method of repelling cavalry]].
** Possibly justified because the roman sortie didn't bring along their ''pila'' for some reason, so they wouldn't have been able to use this method.
** TruthInTelevision: Chariots were intended to scare foot soldiers into running. Romans were also unfamiliar with them as they had fallen out of use pretty much everywhere else in the known world.
** Also, the use of the tortoise formation (meant for withstanding ranged attacks) to charge a line of infantry.
** Possibly justified because the roman sortie didn't bring along their ''pila'' for some reason, so they wouldn't have been able to use this method.
** TruthInTelevision: Chariots were intended to scare foot soldiers into running. Romans were also unfamiliar with them as they had fallen out of use pretty much everywhere else in the known world.
** Also, the use of the tortoise formation (meant for withstanding ranged attacks) to charge a line of infantry.
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**cavalry]]. Possibly justified because the roman sortie didn't bring along their ''pila'' for some reason, so they wouldn't have been able to use this method.
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* MeaningfulName: Marcus's last name Aquila is the Latin word for eagle.
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* DeathOfAChild: Both the Rogue Warrior's and the Seal Prince's son getting their lives taken on screen.
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* InfantImmortality: Averted with both the Rogue Warrior's and the Seal Prince's son getting their lives taken on screen.
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''The Eagle'' is a 2011 film [[TheFilmOfTheBook based upon]] the Creator/RosemarySutcliff historical novel ''Literature/TheEagleOfTheNinth''.
Creator/ChanningTatum stars as a young Roman soldier named Marcus Flavius Aquila goes on a quest to find the eagle standard of his father. His father was a member of the Ninth Legion, which disappeared without a trace from northern Britain. The film is loosely based on the mystery of the real Roman [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legio_IX_Hispana Ninth Legion]], which [[LostRomanLegion disappears from the historical record]] after having last been mentioned as present in Scotland in the early 2nd century.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Marcus, played by Channing Tatum.
* AnAesop: HonorBeforeReason is both good and bad, as it's the reason why Esca and Marcus survive through the film, but the things done in the name of avenging honor are shown to be violent and possibly ultimately pointless.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The director of the film admits the "Seal People" are supposed to be based upon Inuit people, and the Scottish locals, whatever they are trying to represent, borrow more from Native American prop and costume design than Celtic.
* BaitAndSwitch: When he recovers the Eagle, Marcus engages a masked figure who'd earlier been displaying the Eagle. The man wears the ring of Marcus's father, and Marcus has discovered that some Romans [[GoingNative have turned British.]] He rips off the mask...and sees it's just the Seal King. To finally settle the matter, the Seal King responds to Marcus' demands saying that he took the ring after killing his father, who implored for his life like a coward (he does so in his own language, which Marcus does not understand, and Esca gives a false translation to not hurt his companion).
* BigBrotherInstinct: Esca seems to feel a degree of this towards the Seal Prince's son, probably due to him missing his own younger brothers who were killed by the Romans.
* CategoryTraitor: Esca is clearly considered this by the Seal Prince when he helps Marcus escape with the Eagle. Later the Prince significantly kills his son for not waking him (at Esca's request) in front of them, saying it's the punishment for traitors.
* TheCavalry: The Ninth Legion, coming to Marcus' aid at the end before the Seal warriors attack.
* ChekhovsBoomerang: The chin-strap scar. First crops up in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it shot, then is repeatedly used as an identifying mark for Roman legionaries.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Than the original novel. The film ups the amount of actual fighting considerably from the original novel, nor was there any infanticide originally.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Tribal warriors with war-paint and suspiciously Mohawk-ish haircuts chasing after someone from another tribe and someone from TheEmpire across miles and miles of unspoilt wilderness: Last of the Mohicans much? The Seal Prince even dies the same way as Mohicans villain Magua in the 1936 film adaptation.
* GoryDiscretionShot: We see the young boy only from behind when he gets his [[SlashedThroat throat slit]].
* HollywoodTactics: A scythed chariot would not stand a chance in hell against well-formed heavy infantry, let alone legionaries. Marcus letting his troops turn around and run is the worst thing he could have done. Doubly so, seeing as the Romans had developed an [[http://www.roman-empire.net/army/repel-cavalry.html extremely effective method of repelling cavalry]].
** Possibly justified because the roman sortie didn't bring along their ''pila'' for some reason, so they wouldn't have been able to use this method.
** TruthInTelevision: Chariots were intended to scare foot soldiers into running. Romans were also unfamiliar with them as they had fallen out of use pretty much everywhere else in the known world.
** Also, the use of the tortoise formation (meant for withstanding ranged attacks) to charge a line of infantry.
* HonorBeforeReason: Pretty much everyone.
** Marcus undertakes the very dangerous hunt for the eponymous Eagle in hostile territory assisted only by a slave who has a fairly strong incentive to murder him and take off, all in the name of his family's honor.
** Esca, the slave in question, has no particular incentive not to simply kill Marcus and leave; the only reason he doesn't, despite ample opportunities to do so, is because [[IGaveMyWord he gave his word.]]
*** Also Marcus pretty much saved his life. [[DeathSeeker Not that that's what Esca wanted.]]
* HumanSacrifice: The Seal People sacrificed the Roman officers they captured in battle.
* InfantImmortality: Averted with both the Rogue Warrior's and the Seal Prince's son getting their lives taken on screen.
* IOweYouMyLife: Because Marcus saved Esca, the latter feels duty-bound to serve him. This despite wanting to die.
* IWillOnlySlowYouDown: Marcus and Esca have this talk when the former is incapable of moving on.
* LostRomanLegion: As noted above, based on the legend of the Ninth Legion, which disappeared from the historical record and has puzzled historians for centuries.
* MeaningfulFuneral: Of the Romans that died during the FinalBattle. Lutorius gets a special burial treatment.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: When Marcus is made a slave he is made to gut fish and sees some pretty young women walk by. They giggle over the attractive slave and Marcus like the attention he gets. Suddenly the Seal Prince shows up and starts to beat up Marcus: one of the women was his sister.
* NotSoDifferent: The Roman and the Britons; both are quite capable of barbarism and nobility towards themselves and others, both have a thriving slave trade, both factions have some kind of evil aristocrat (Seal King and Placidius), and both 'worship' the Eagle as a symbol of their people and their military prowess. Marcus and the Seal Prince, his Shadow Archetype, have a more personal one: they both treat their peers politely, but have a disdain for slaves, they both set out to avenge the loss of the Eagle (just a hunk of metal) as well as the deaths of their fathers, and when both Kick the Dog, they display some humanity in spite of it (Marcus performing it like a mercy kill, the Prince laying his victim down with dignity.) This is symbolized by the fact that the Prince, who spends most of the movie with war-paint, has it washed off in the end, at which point he kind of resembles Marcus. Also, the music playing when the Druid beheads one of the patrol is the same as when Esca is forced to fight in the arena. The song is called 'Barbarians'.
* OffingTheOffspring: The Seal Prince kills his son because the boy lets Esca and Marcus get away instead of waking him.
* TheQueensLatin: [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Not insignificantly averted.]]
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Lutorius, who abandoned Marcus' father on the battle field, eventually dies defending Marcus during the final confrontation with the Seal warriors. He gets a deserved MeaningfulFuneral.
* SacredHospitality: The native Britons don't - at first - make any serious effort to kill Marcus because Esca is their guest and has claimed Marcus as his property.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: The Seal Prince is able to hunt Marcus and Esca based on just a few things they left behind, like a strand of cloth on a branch.
* ShootTheDog: Or "kill the boy." Notable in that the primary protagonist and the primary antagonist both do this.
** The chief difference is this, though: when Marcus goes to slit the Rogue Warrior boy's throat, even he, after lecturing Esca, hesitates before eventually going through with it. There was also the risk of the boy running off and coming back with reinforcements, so there was a sense of pragmatism. When the Seal Prince shoots his dog, he's not only doing it for really no reason at all, but he's slitting the throat of ''[[IHaveNoSon his own son]]''!
* ShownTheirWork:
** Two examples are Marcus's religious beliefs (he's a follower of Mithras, which was an actual god worshiped in the late Roman Empire) and the medal that he gets for his actions in the field (which was an actual medal given for deeds of valor in the field.)
** One soldier complains about the helmets and is seen with an injury on his chin. There are many accounts of soldiers complaining about the laces from the helmets cutting into their chins.
** Marcus's last name Aquila is the Latin word for [[MeaningfulName 'eagle']].
* TranslationConvention: Romans speak in American accents, Britons speak in British accents or in Gaelic.
* WouldHurtAChild: Both Marcus and the Seal Prince kill boys in the film. Marcus to stop him bringing other Rogue Warriors, the Seal Prince as the punishment for betrayal (the boy is his son in fact).
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''The Eagle'' is a 2011 film [[TheFilmOfTheBook based upon]] the Creator/RosemarySutcliff historical novel ''Literature/TheEagleOfTheNinth''.
Creator/ChanningTatum stars as a young Roman soldier named Marcus Flavius Aquila goes on a quest to find the eagle standard of his father. His father was a member of the Ninth Legion, which disappeared without a trace from northern Britain. The film is loosely based on the mystery of the real Roman [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legio_IX_Hispana Ninth Legion]], which [[LostRomanLegion disappears from the historical record]] after having last been mentioned as present in Scotland in the early 2nd century.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Marcus, played by Channing Tatum.
* AnAesop: HonorBeforeReason is both good and bad, as it's the reason why Esca and Marcus survive through the film, but the things done in the name of avenging honor are shown to be violent and possibly ultimately pointless.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The director of the film admits the "Seal People" are supposed to be based upon Inuit people, and the Scottish locals, whatever they are trying to represent, borrow more from Native American prop and costume design than Celtic.
* BaitAndSwitch: When he recovers the Eagle, Marcus engages a masked figure who'd earlier been displaying the Eagle. The man wears the ring of Marcus's father, and Marcus has discovered that some Romans [[GoingNative have turned British.]] He rips off the mask...and sees it's just the Seal King. To finally settle the matter, the Seal King responds to Marcus' demands saying that he took the ring after killing his father, who implored for his life like a coward (he does so in his own language, which Marcus does not understand, and Esca gives a false translation to not hurt his companion).
* BigBrotherInstinct: Esca seems to feel a degree of this towards the Seal Prince's son, probably due to him missing his own younger brothers who were killed by the Romans.
* CategoryTraitor: Esca is clearly considered this by the Seal Prince when he helps Marcus escape with the Eagle. Later the Prince significantly kills his son for not waking him (at Esca's request) in front of them, saying it's the punishment for traitors.
* TheCavalry: The Ninth Legion, coming to Marcus' aid at the end before the Seal warriors attack.
* ChekhovsBoomerang: The chin-strap scar. First crops up in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it shot, then is repeatedly used as an identifying mark for Roman legionaries.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Than the original novel. The film ups the amount of actual fighting considerably from the original novel, nor was there any infanticide originally.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Tribal warriors with war-paint and suspiciously Mohawk-ish haircuts chasing after someone from another tribe and someone from TheEmpire across miles and miles of unspoilt wilderness: Last of the Mohicans much? The Seal Prince even dies the same way as Mohicans villain Magua in the 1936 film adaptation.
* GoryDiscretionShot: We see the young boy only from behind when he gets his [[SlashedThroat throat slit]].
* HollywoodTactics: A scythed chariot would not stand a chance in hell against well-formed heavy infantry, let alone legionaries. Marcus letting his troops turn around and run is the worst thing he could have done. Doubly so, seeing as the Romans had developed an [[http://www.roman-empire.net/army/repel-cavalry.html extremely effective method of repelling cavalry]].
** Possibly justified because the roman sortie didn't bring along their ''pila'' for some reason, so they wouldn't have been able to use this method.
** TruthInTelevision: Chariots were intended to scare foot soldiers into running. Romans were also unfamiliar with them as they had fallen out of use pretty much everywhere else in the known world.
** Also, the use of the tortoise formation (meant for withstanding ranged attacks) to charge a line of infantry.
* HonorBeforeReason: Pretty much everyone.
** Marcus undertakes the very dangerous hunt for the eponymous Eagle in hostile territory assisted only by a slave who has a fairly strong incentive to murder him and take off, all in the name of his family's honor.
** Esca, the slave in question, has no particular incentive not to simply kill Marcus and leave; the only reason he doesn't, despite ample opportunities to do so, is because [[IGaveMyWord he gave his word.]]
*** Also Marcus pretty much saved his life. [[DeathSeeker Not that that's what Esca wanted.]]
* HumanSacrifice: The Seal People sacrificed the Roman officers they captured in battle.
* InfantImmortality: Averted with both the Rogue Warrior's and the Seal Prince's son getting their lives taken on screen.
* IOweYouMyLife: Because Marcus saved Esca, the latter feels duty-bound to serve him. This despite wanting to die.
* IWillOnlySlowYouDown: Marcus and Esca have this talk when the former is incapable of moving on.
* LostRomanLegion: As noted above, based on the legend of the Ninth Legion, which disappeared from the historical record and has puzzled historians for centuries.
* MeaningfulFuneral: Of the Romans that died during the FinalBattle. Lutorius gets a special burial treatment.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: When Marcus is made a slave he is made to gut fish and sees some pretty young women walk by. They giggle over the attractive slave and Marcus like the attention he gets. Suddenly the Seal Prince shows up and starts to beat up Marcus: one of the women was his sister.
* NotSoDifferent: The Roman and the Britons; both are quite capable of barbarism and nobility towards themselves and others, both have a thriving slave trade, both factions have some kind of evil aristocrat (Seal King and Placidius), and both 'worship' the Eagle as a symbol of their people and their military prowess. Marcus and the Seal Prince, his Shadow Archetype, have a more personal one: they both treat their peers politely, but have a disdain for slaves, they both set out to avenge the loss of the Eagle (just a hunk of metal) as well as the deaths of their fathers, and when both Kick the Dog, they display some humanity in spite of it (Marcus performing it like a mercy kill, the Prince laying his victim down with dignity.) This is symbolized by the fact that the Prince, who spends most of the movie with war-paint, has it washed off in the end, at which point he kind of resembles Marcus. Also, the music playing when the Druid beheads one of the patrol is the same as when Esca is forced to fight in the arena. The song is called 'Barbarians'.
* OffingTheOffspring: The Seal Prince kills his son because the boy lets Esca and Marcus get away instead of waking him.
* TheQueensLatin: [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Not insignificantly averted.]]
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Lutorius, who abandoned Marcus' father on the battle field, eventually dies defending Marcus during the final confrontation with the Seal warriors. He gets a deserved MeaningfulFuneral.
* SacredHospitality: The native Britons don't - at first - make any serious effort to kill Marcus because Esca is their guest and has claimed Marcus as his property.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: The Seal Prince is able to hunt Marcus and Esca based on just a few things they left behind, like a strand of cloth on a branch.
* ShootTheDog: Or "kill the boy." Notable in that the primary protagonist and the primary antagonist both do this.
** The chief difference is this, though: when Marcus goes to slit the Rogue Warrior boy's throat, even he, after lecturing Esca, hesitates before eventually going through with it. There was also the risk of the boy running off and coming back with reinforcements, so there was a sense of pragmatism. When the Seal Prince shoots his dog, he's not only doing it for really no reason at all, but he's slitting the throat of ''[[IHaveNoSon his own son]]''!
* ShownTheirWork:
** Two examples are Marcus's religious beliefs (he's a follower of Mithras, which was an actual god worshiped in the late Roman Empire) and the medal that he gets for his actions in the field (which was an actual medal given for deeds of valor in the field.)
** One soldier complains about the helmets and is seen with an injury on his chin. There are many accounts of soldiers complaining about the laces from the helmets cutting into their chins.
** Marcus's last name Aquila is the Latin word for [[MeaningfulName 'eagle']].
* TranslationConvention: Romans speak in American accents, Britons speak in British accents or in Gaelic.
* WouldHurtAChild: Both Marcus and the Seal Prince kill boys in the film. Marcus to stop him bringing other Rogue Warriors, the Seal Prince as the punishment for betrayal (the boy is his son in fact).
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