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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: Weapons and Warfare - Ragnar Lothbrok I.	Grace Young	Sep 09, 2024
	Add new Web site: Weapons and Warfare - Ragnar Lothbrok I.	Grace Young	Jun 17, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 03, 2024
	Add new Web site: Military.com - Why the Real Ragnar Lothbrok Is so Shrouded in Mystery.	Gloria Lotha	Dec 26, 2023
	Add new Web site: Historic UK - The Real Ragnar Lothbrok.	Gloria Lotha	May 18, 2023
	Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - The Mysteries of Machu Picchu and Archaeological Obsession.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 17, 2022
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Jul 13, 2021
	Noted his depiction in popular media.	Pat Bauer	Jan 04, 2021
	Top Questions updated.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 23, 2019
	Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Ragnar Lothbrok.	Gloria Lotha	Dec 20, 2018
	Add new Web site: Romantic Circles - The Dying Ode of Regnar Lodbrog.	Marco Sampaolo	Dec 28, 2017
	Add new Web site: Romantic Circles - The Dying Ode of Regnar Lodbrog.	Marco Sampaolo	Dec 28, 2017
	Removed claim that Ragnar is mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.	J.E. Luebering	Oct 20, 2017
	Corrected display issue.	Michael Ray	Jan 05, 2017
	Add new Web site: Arizona State University - Radioactive Decay.	Grace Young	Apr 05, 2016
	Media added.	J.E. Luebering	Oct 19, 2015
	Article revised.	J.E. Luebering	Apr 25, 2013
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Feb 08, 1999
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998