Episode 1
Historian Michael Scott discovers how the Greeks began to settle on Sicily's east coast 3,000 years ago, building great city-states that soon came to rival even Athens itself.
Historian Michael Scott begins his journey through Sicily on the slopes of Mount Etna, Europe's largest active volcano. For the ancient Greeks, the island was a land of gods and monsters - a dangerous and unpredictable world. Michael discovers how 3,000 years ago, the Greeks began to settle on Sicily's east coast - planting their olives and vines and building great city-states that soon came to rival even Athens itself.
He learns how great battles were fought between the Greeks and the Carthaginians for control of the island. How the Romans made it their first foreign colony and stripped Sicily of its forests to plant vast fields of grain. When Rome fell, waves of Barbarian invasions followed, before Sicily was conquered by the Byzantines - the eastern Roman Empire. How have those early invaders helped to shape the character of the island we see today? And what lessons have Sicilians learnt from their turbulent past?
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Michael Scott |
Producer | Martin Kemp |
Executive Producer | Aaqil Ahmed |
Broadcasts
- Tue 31 Jan 2017 21:0091热爆 Two except Scotland
- Tue 31 Jan 2017 23:1591热爆 Two Scotland
- Tue 7 Feb 2017 00:1591热爆 Two except Northern Ireland
- Wed 8 Mar 2017 08:00
- Sat 3 Feb 2018 19:00
- Sun 4 Feb 2018 01:10
- Sat 19 May 2018 22:50
- Wed 2 Jan 2019 20:00
- Thu 3 Jan 2019 02:00
- Mon 25 Mar 2019 23:1591热爆 Two except Scotland
- Sun 14 Jul 2019 13:40
- Wed 18 Sep 2019 00:00
- Mon 20 Apr 2020 23:3091热爆 Two except Scotland
- Sat 4 Jul 2020 22:40
- Thu 10 Jun 2021 15:1591热爆 Two except Scotland
- Thu 10 Mar 2022 16:1591热爆 Two except Scotland
- Sat 20 Aug 2022 20:00
- Sun 21 Aug 2022 02:30
- Sat 21 Jan 2023 20:00
- Mon 23 Jan 2023 02:05
- Mon 1 Jul 2024 19:00
- Tue 2 Jul 2024 01:00