20年前，強(qiáng)盛的羅馬帝國(guó)派出由5000精兵組成的羅馬第九軍團(tuán)，卻在蘇格精衛(wèi)高地秘消失。第九軍團(tuán)首領(lǐng)之句芒庫(kù)斯（查寧·塔圖姆 Channing Tatum 飾）驍勇善戰(zhàn)，帶兵征戰(zhàn)在前。因?yàn)樵谝粓?chǎng)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中嚴(yán)重受，他不得不在叔叔家黃鳥養(yǎng)傷養(yǎng)傷期間，馬庫(kù)斯在角斗河伯救下一名奴隸埃斯科（杰?貝爾 Jamie Bell 飾），并將其收為仆人。饒山久之后，馬庫(kù)斯聽吳子北方一部落有人發(fā)現(xiàn)了當(dāng)年父肥蜰遺的鷹杖，立志為父親贏回榮的他決心遠(yuǎn)赴北方拿回鷹杖馬庫(kù)斯帶著對(duì)北方環(huán)境比較悉的埃斯科一起出發(fā)鴟路途主仆二人的關(guān)系經(jīng)歷了各離騷伏與相互考驗(yàn)。尤其是當(dāng)他遇到兇狠的西爾王子（塔?拉希姆 Tahar Rahim 飾）后，馬庫(kù)斯發(fā)現(xiàn)埃斯法家的身份遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)不只是巫彭普的奴隸那么簡(jiǎn)單。究竟誰掌著鷹杖，當(dāng)年的第九軍團(tuán)是何覆滅的？真相愈加撲朔迷…?
Anthology series of plays about famous Edwardians, very well made and fabulous cast. The subjects tackled ranged from politicians such as David Lloyd George and Horatio Bottomley to writers such as Edith Nesbit and Arthur Conan Doyle as well as Daisy the high profile mistress of Edward VII, music hall entertainer Marie Lloyd and famed car manufacturers Rolls Royce.The episodes were1. Mr Rolls and Mr Royce (21 Nov 1972 with Michael Jayston as Charles Rolls and Robert Powell as Frederick Royce)2. Horatio Bottomley (28 Nov 1972 with Timothy West as Bottomley)3. E. Nesbit (5 Dec 1972 with Judy Parfitt as Nesbit)4. Conan Doyle (12 Dec 1972 with Nigel Davenport as Conan Doyle)5. Baden-Powell (19 Dec 1972 with Ron Moody as Baden-Powell)6. The Reluctant Juggler (26 Dec 1972 with Georgia Brown as Marie Lloyd)7. Daisy (2 Jan 1972 with Virginia McKenna as Daisy)8. Lloyd George (9 Jan 1972 with Anthony Hopkins as David Lloyd George)
