Professor Alice Roberts looks at one of the most cursed periods in European history: the Middle Ages. Archaeologists reveal how wars, pandemics, and cataclysmic floods toppled the world of our ancestors. So how did Western society survive?
S1 E1: Ancient Global Warming
Professor Alice Roberts charts the rise of civilisation from 6100BCE to the end of the Bronze Age. A time of great architecture, literature, and the arts, most of these great civilisations suddenly collapsed, plunging the world into a dark age.
S1 E3: The Darkest Age
Professor Alice Roberts explores the disastrous last days of the Roman Empire and the cataclysmic power vacuum following its collapse; the effects felt even beyond the Empire’s borders.
S1 E4: God's Holy Warriors
Professor Alice Roberts reveals how archaeologists unveil one of history’s most mysterious periods. After Rome's collapse, Saxons and Vikings rampaged through Europe, but then these pagan societies seemed to disappear. Where did they go? And why?
S1 E2: Rome's Rise and Fall
Professor Alice Roberts looks at the rise of the Roman Empire, asking what was the secret to Rome�s success? Experts investigate newly discovered battlegrounds in Britain and Spain to find out how Rome defeated her enemies.
S1 E5: Medieval Mysteries
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