and obliterated by the Picts, leaving Michael Fassbender’s centurion in the wilderness with a smattering of survivors. It has a bizarrely eclectic cast ranging from A-list to EastEnders alumni.

Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth ...