Couldn't actually turn back very much, because if you were king a thousand years ago, while it still took hours and hours and weeks and weeks to traverse your own country, there wasn't much you were in charge of.
Det kunne han ikke. Han kunne faktisk ikke bestemme ret meget, for hvis man var konge for tusind år siden, hvor det stadig tog uger at rejse tværs over landet, var der ikke meget han var herre over.