460K views · 5.4K reactions | For thirteen brutal months—A.D. 885-886—Viking longships choked the Seine, their dragon prows glaring at Paris’s island walls like hungry wolves. Rollo’s engines hurled fire, monks fired prayer, and Count Odo dashed across flooded ramparts, rallying peasants with axe and horn. When tribute bargained peace, smoke still writhed over shattered gates and drowned fields, echoing the gnash of northern steel forever. | Ancient History Explorers | Facebook