Real Vikings6. Greek Fire: Across the Mediterranean

Debunking Bjorn Ironside Legend

13:48–15:28 · 100s

Professor Elizabeth Rowe explains that medieval chroniclers conflated Viking and Saracen raids, likely creating the famed Luna/Rome episode and even retrofitting Bjorn’s 'Ironside' nickname centuries later.

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