When the “Vikings” Sacked Paris

               

When the “Vikings” Sacked Paris

      Today is the anniversary of the sack of Paris in the year 845 by the Norsemen (Vikings).  By tradition the Norsemen (Vikings is not a people, it’s a job description, think raider) were led by the legendary Ragnar Lodbrok.  Which is likely just a tradition; the scholarship generally concludes that he never existed and is a composite of several individuals. But it was a great launch for the series Vikings.

      Regardless of whether Ragnar Lodbrok did live as a historical person, Rollo was not his brother.  Rollo died somewhere in the period 928-930, and is estimated to have been born circa 860.