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{{quote|''Sometime about A.D. 117, the Ninth Legion, which was stationed at Eburacum, where York now stands, marched north, and was never heard of again.''|'''Excerpt from the introduction'''}}
The [[Rosemary Sutcliff]] historical novel published in 1954 about a young Roman soldier named Marcus Flavius Aquila who goes on a quest to find the eagle standard of his father. It is loosely based on the mystery of the real Roman [[wikipedia:Legio IX Hispana|Ninth Legion]], which disappears from the historical record after having last been mentioned as present in Scotland in the early 2nd century. This book sets up later novels featuring
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* [[Big Friendly Dog]]: Cub, who is actually a wolf.
* [[Blue Blood]]: Placidus, who has a bit of a case of [[Aristocrats Are Evil]], and technically Marcus, too, who is said to be of the Equestrian class, a Roman knight.
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