This week on Vikings, Bjorn Ironside heads to the Mediterranean Sea as the Saxons strategize to oust Ivar the Boneless from the city of York. Bjorn thinks of his father Ragnar as he sails through the Pillars of Hercules, modern day Strait of Gibraltar, and enters the Mediterranean Sea. He wonders what strange new lands and peoples he will encounter and is keen to visit Rome, which he thinks is the center of the world. However, Sinric has some advice for him and recommends they visit an island on the sea rather than Rome, he also reminds Bjorn that they must appear as traders if...read more
