The Eagle of the Ninth is a historical novel set in A.D. 119 that follows the adventures of Marcus Flavius Aquila, a keen Roman Centurion who has recently been posted to Britain, the farthest-flung outpost of the ______ Empire.
Marcus and his Cohort of Auxiliaries have been sent to relieve the garrison stationed at_____________ and are traveling along a roughly metaled British trackway to reach their destination.
The road provides a vital communication and supply route for the Roman army and is also used by _________________, including traders, country folk driving animals between villages, tribesmen, harpers and quack-oculists. However, it is for the Roman Cohorts, marching behind their Eagle Standard at the steady Legion's pace of __________ a day, that all others___________.
Fill in the blank spaces with the missing words above.
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Roman, Isca (now known as Caerleon), various travelers, 20 miles, step aside