Andrew Marr's History of the World
The Word and The Sword
Andrew Marr's History of the World - Word and Sword
March the 7th 203 A.D. Carthage North Africa. A young woman called Perpetua is waiting to be killed in a Roman arena because she wouldn't reject her faith. A faith so extreme it had shaken the Empire. Her family had begged her to renounce her beliefs and live. Terrified, she refused.
Perpetua was one of a growing number of spiritual rebels.
All around the world these are centuries when we see mass movement of moral and religious revolt.
People who seemed to want more. More than entertainment, more than safety, more than power.
On the world stage this is an age of struggle. A fight between the Sword and the word.
