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On this special Christmas in the year 800 AD, a certain King of the Franks receives a gift he wasn't expecting and, with the help of a plucky Roman farmer, learns that he just might have the greatest gift of all to give.

If you thought the 18th century was stuffy, you need to think again! Under those powdered wigs were people engaging in all sorts of debauched and hilarious episodes. While Mozart was conquering Europe with his musical masterpieces, Casanova was prowling about, making conquests of a different kind… It was an age of romance, a time of frivolity, and as one Venetian noble is about to find out, there is no such thing as "too bizarre…"

Cities rise, cities fall; such is the course of human history. In this episode, we find ourselves shifting through the current of time, witnessing the final hours of two great cities in the cradle of civilization. Destruction can be wrought by the sword, or by artillery fire; in the end, the result is the same. You will follow a a refugee as he flees his burning city, and you will shadow an invader as he comes to grips with the consequences of conquest. Listen now as Baghdad burns and Babylon falls...

You’ve heard of Achilles, Hector, and Priam, but how many others boarded the thousand ships that sailed for Troy?

The High Middle Ages seemed to pierce the darkness that followed the fall of Rome in the west. Knights in shining armour rode around the lands, saving damsels in distress, and the unifying force of Christianity brought piece to the realms… If only history were that neat…