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 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 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 E5: Medieval Mystery
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