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Britain A.D.

Episode Two

The Invasion That Never Was

In the second programme of the series, Francis sheds light on the so-called 'Dark Ages'. He shows that far from a 'Dark Age' archaeologists are discovered evidence of a resurgence of native culture. The classic image of the Romans departing and 'turning out the lights' is shown to be completely false. Francis finds a world inhabited by Christianised, literate Britons engaging in trade and diplomacy with the Byzantine Empire. So far reaching are the implications of these discoveries that the 'dark age' period in Britain has been renamed Late Antiquity.