Under the Eagle

Under the Eagle is the first book in the Eagle series, by Simon Scarrow.

It starts on the Rhine Frontier in AD 42, and centres on Macro, a newly appointed Centurion, and his new second-in-command, Quintus Lucinius Cato.

The early part of the book deals with Cato and his fellow recruits receiving basic training, and the attack on a Germanic town. In this attack Macro, whilst fighting off German warriors, is seriously wounded and is left for dead in the streets. However Cato finds and rescues Macro, which he earns a medal for his brave feats.

The second part concentrates on the march of the Second Legion to the coast of Gaul, where a convoy, commanded by Macro, gaurding the Imperial Secretary [[ Narcissus], is attacked by a group of mercenaries with the intention to kill Narcissus. The convoy succesfully reaches the coast where the other Legions are gathering. Rumours of Mutiny reaches Narcissus, who rounds up the ringleaders and executes them, then goes on to challenge the gladiators in a fight. The watching legionaries laugh at this and the mutiny is crushed

--Raiden 539 20:05, 27 April 2006 (UTC)