Legionary eagle?

**Vasiliyi** · 05-08-2009, 20:55

I got this in my Romani campaign, except that when I took Gegovia I didn't recieve any notification that i got it back... is it broken? Still its kinda cool in rp srt of way.

**Macilrille** · 05-08-2009, 21:15

Nice!!!
Never tried that. Guess I have to try loosing one once my Marian Reforms kick in in 23+ years...

**Fluvius Camillus** · 05-08-2009, 21:20

Lose one to Gawjam~Heruskoz. that will be some nice roleplay! Or maybe lose an eagle to Seleuciea

Shame if it wouldnt work, I lost one to Eburonum once, when I crushed the rebels there with the second army I neither got a report I had it back.

I remember in my BI days I had a awesome general with the Alemanni, he used lombard berserkers and stole more than three eagles from the Eastern Roman Empire. He got the trait Eagle collector (+3 morale to all troops on the battlefield). His nickname was then: Rando "of the eagles"

~Fluvius

**Mulceber** · 05-08-2009, 21:24

How do you lose an eagle in this game? I've played hundreds of turns and it's never happened to me... -M

**Fluvius Camillus** · 05-08-2009, 21:32

Get marian (or imperial troops), get a first cohort and lose them (preferably with a large army when fighting another large army), then it will be taken to the nearest enemy town.

~Fluvius

**Macilrille** · 05-08-2009, 21:59

Is as I suspected, I got to get the Reforms and try loosing one to the Suebi Juggernaut just for RP sake.

**/Bean\** · 05-09-2009, 09:44

Originally Posted by Fluvius Camillus

Lose one to Gawjam~Heruskoz. that will be some nice roleplay! Or maybe lose an eagle to Seleuciea

~Fluvius

Try loosing one in Caledonia. Someone might write a book about it.

**HunGeneral** · 05-09-2009, 16:25

Now thats interresting: I have never lost an eagle in RTW

(although I never managed to win one either

).

However I have heard of this - I remember to have read somewhere that if the officer who is carrying the eagle dies (unit doesn't have to rout and battle doesn't have to be lost) then it is lost but can be returned somehow. (I have no idea how

)

Anyone ever managed to retake an eagle?

**Ghaust the Moor** · 05-10-2009, 15:23

Originally Posted by Beanerz

Try loosing one in Caledonia. Someone might write a book about it.

They did. Its a high school level book. Its called "Eagle of the Ninth" its not militaristic, but it about a lame centurion and his slave going over Hadrians wall to find the lost eagle. Its very intresting and a good read. I read couple years ago and I have been wanting to read it again for a while.

**Fluvius Camillus** · 05-10-2009, 15:32

Caesar's lost eagle lost to the Blue Spaniards in the tv series Rome.

**/Bean\** · 05-11-2009, 07:50

Originally Posted by Ghaust the Moor

They did. Its a high school level book. Its called "Eagle of the Ninth" its not militaristic, but it about a lame centurion and his slave going over Hadrians wall to find the lost eagle. Its very intresting and a good read. I read couple years ago and I have been wanting to read it again for a while.

Funny that. Its like they wrote that book just for my quote.