Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180331:03:34:00
Families have been battling for control of rome for almost two centuries. and the papacy is all that stands in their way. >> the lombards are one of the barbarian invaders of the peninsula. they seek to invade rome and take over the territory ruled by the papacy. >> during an easter procession, the lombards viciously attack pope leo iii. >> their faction wrestles him to the ground and cuts off his tongue. but he lives through it. >> pope leo iii realizes he needs protection. with no army of his own, he must make an alliance.