View of modern Heraklion (in Crete) founded by the Arab invaders in 828
View of Enna (modern Castrogiovanni) in Sicily where Euphemius was stabbed to death
Michael II tries to secure his regime now that the civil war is over. However attacks on Sicily and Crete prevent him from returning to “normality.”
Period: 824-829
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I have heard that a few episodes of this last season of “Vikings” take place during Euphemius’ rebellion. Do you know if they are worth waching?
They have been recommended to me. But it depends if you are into ‘Vikings’ the show. I struggled to get into it in Season 1 but I saw clips of the Sicily plot and it looked interesting.
I’m binge-listening to your awesome podcast in Poland in 2019, and having heard the intro exactly one thousand times, I have to ask: Robin, are you a UK national living in Poland? 🙂 Spoiler from the future: three years later and the UK is still “preparing” to leave 🙂
We may still be “preparing” for some time to come…