Episode Detail: Vikings; Goths - Barbarians
A two-part history of the Barbarians that spans almost 1000 years begins with the rise and fall of the Vikings and Goths and features dramatic reenactments and comments by historians. Included: profiles of Viking leaders Leif Eriksson and King Harald Hardrada; the Viking raid of the English monastery of Lindisfarne in A.D. 793; and an account of the Goths' sacking of Rome in A.D. 410. Narrator: Clancy Brown.