Aaron Rog – Google

For those of you complaining about this show being "too woke" for having Black characters are just being closeted bigots. If actually pay attention to the history of other civilizations outside of your own you would have learned that there were in fact Vikings of African decent. “Tacitus wrote about the Celts and described them as Black in 80 A.D. as well as Ephorus in 405 B.C. who claimed they were Black. On mainland Europe, they were called Iberians, over a period of time the Europeans would adopt the name. The original Vikings or Danes were Black, this is clear in the Oseberg 8th century Vikings on the Norway sledge carving of the Black seafarers that populated the region at this time. It is very clear from this carving that the 8th century Vikings were different from the blonde-haired blue-eyed big-bodied version of Viking legends. Africans who came from the Iberian Peninsula gradually colonized all of Europe as far as the Urals. This assertion is found in the writings of Fabre d’Olivet. “Central Europe was populated by Blacks, skilled in handling large javelins of which the white Gaul’s would later be known for. Further evidence can be found in the writings of David MacRitchie.” This account holds that Blacks in ancient times came to Britain from Spain, Arabia Felix, Egypt, West Africa, India, Persia and what is today named Denmark. African Moors also conquered/ruled Italy and other parts of Europe between the 4th 7th and 9th Centuries. Some Viking warriors were known as Berserkers known for their fierceness and boldness, Black shamans who went into altered states before going into battle. The Norse Vikings who invaded England were described in chronicles as Black Men. The Black Vikings raided Iona, Ireland in 795, In 852 they would attack the city of Athcliath, (modern-day Dublin). In 867 the Black Norseman would take the city of York and establish a permanent presence in England. In 1018 the Norseman who arrived in Kiev, Russia were described as Danes. “The Danes then were like Moors- Black like them too- David MacRitchie- Ancient and Modern Britons volume 1 pg 121. Author William Gershom Collingwood describes the invading horde in his book “Scandinavian Britain” as Swart-Black and Gold Adorned.