05-03-2017, 11:02 PM
There is, of course, the famous Silchester Eagle that inspired Rosemary Sutcliffe's 'Eagle of the Ninth':
Unfortunarely, this is unlikely to be a legionary eagle. Modern scholarship considers it to be part of a statue, perhaps of Jupiter or an emperor. When I was at the museum many years ago, the caretaker there called it 'the chicken'!
Unfortunarely, this is unlikely to be a legionary eagle. Modern scholarship considers it to be part of a statue, perhaps of Jupiter or an emperor. When I was at the museum many years ago, the caretaker there called it 'the chicken'!
Michael King Macdona
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)