Dan headed out to Texas to discuss the Battle of the Alamo and what its legacy means for modern Texas. He met with W. F. Strong, a famed historian of Texas, to wander around the city and get a deeper understanding of one of America's most famous battles.
Dan has his regular catch-up with Simon Elliott on all things Roman. Why were the legionaries so successful, and how did they maintain that success for several centuries?
SImon Elliott is an historian and archaeologist. In this episode, he discusses his book 'Sea Eagles of Empire: The Classis Britannica and the Battles for Britain'.
The common sailor was a crucial engine of British prosperity and expansion up until the Industrial Revolution. From exploring the South Seas with Cook to establishing the East India Company as a global corporation;from the sea battles that made Britain a superpower to the crisis of the 1797 mutin...
