Terry Jones' Barbarians

TV Show (2006)

Terry Jones discovers untold truths about early cultures subjugated by Rome, drawing on archaeological evidence that has recently come to light.

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Latest Episodes

  • Season 1 Episode 4: The End of the World

    Terry looks back at the births of Attila the Hun and Alaric, around the year 400AD, and chronicles how the two warriors amassed armies that brought about the deterioration of Rome's Western Empire. The programme also charts how, in spite of this, Catholicism spread across mainland Europe, forming the bedrock of modern-day society. Last in series

  • Season 1 Episode 3: The Brainy Barbarians

    A look at the technologically enlightened early Greeks and Persians, and how the Romans prevented their advanced scientific knowledge becoming commonplace by subjugating them. Terry examines a metal mechanism thought to have originated in the first century BC, and reveals how such ground-breaking feats of engineering were buried with the slaughter of their creators

  • Season 1 Episode 2: The Savage Goths

    Terry Jones investigates claims that early Germans, Dacians and Goths were nothing but primitive brutes : a theory supported by their merciless besieging of Rome in 9AD. In contradiction however, he learns they were well-respected as exemplary fighters by their Roman counterparts, and played a major part in the defence of the Empire

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