Dark Ages 8of10 - History Channel

The once-powerful Rome--rotten to the core by the fifth century--lay open to barbarian warriors who came in wave after wave of invasion, slaughtering, stealing, and ultimately, settling. As chaos replaced culture, Europe was beset by famine, plague, persecutions, and a state of war that was so persistent it was only rarely interrupted by peace.

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[Kinjamaimai]

Bone-less = Ben-lös. Ben having a double meaning in swedish: bone and leg. Legless is the correct translation, he lost at least one leg in some battle.

[farmerne]

"Anytime you're attacked by someone who's last name is Skullsplitter, you have to be concerned!"

Great line by Prof. Deladier!

[LEH3500]

@Kinjamaimai Ivar the Boneless was danish though. And there's no real evidence for how he got that name.

[chikos1989c]

@aikido3011 carefull friend, ideas such as these, put all the humans in

lots of problemd during the 20th century............!!!

[chikos1989c]

its hard to believe that there was an early enlightment period cos of the recreation

of the roman empire through the king solomon's raine and the finalisation of it cos

of the northern tribes luting europe. There are other political, social facts that led to the continuation of what we call the dark ages until 1453.

[Efferbifdk]

@Kinjamaimai Haha! ITs the same in Danish ;-) Maybe he had lots hes legs, maybe he had broken hes lower bag so he coldt walk...

[P1B1U1H1]

@farmerne Love it. They were a nasty bunch, the Vikings.

[aikido3011]

Viking invasion, thats how the blond and blue eyes people spread over Europe

[infokemp]

@delavalmilker Excellent comment - continued - - since the Gotland & Sutton hoo finds had not been known - as is most common in history there is a sense of true even through the mist of time - the 19th century idea of a Nordic-Celtic pre-classical Eurasian civilization that became both Western Civilization & had a big impact on Pathia China & India - has been born out by DNA & archeological finds in ruined cities in China & the North West Chinese finds of European Mummified folk.

[infokemp]

@delavalmilker They have found winged helmets in the Balkans & the iron age Gauls had horned helmets - but the traditional idea of the English-Scandinavian & Viking look was as you said a 19th century invention - The intention was I think to give actors a generic Heroic Indo-European look for the audience in Wagners operas - I don't thing it should be judged as cheating the audience of historical detail but it was the best attempt at the time.

[infokemp]

@Kinjamaimai Thanks - I must of been wrong about the specific Scandinavian or lowland language - i will look further into this. Thank you for letting me know - Swedish is a language I would like to learn.

All the best

David