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.
Na verdade, ele não conseguia controlar quase nada, porque, se fôssemos reis há mil anos, demoraríamos horas e horas,  semanas e semanas para atravessar o país, e não teríamos muitas coisas sob o nosso controlo.