Great Famine Grips Europe
Edward II, monarch of England, attempts to provision his royal household. The market has other ideas.
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Theodoric Defeats Odoacer at Battle of Adda
One king offers to share an empire, only to end the meal by splitting his rival in two. A feast, then a fatal twist.
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