Dorm Room History

The Praetorian Guard went from a group of body guards to the deciders of ancient Rome's imperial future. But how did this happen? Listen to find out!

Figures of Rome come and go, but the Roman military was a force that stayed through thick and thin. Most elite and most controversial of all military units in Rome was the Praetorian Guard.

The fourth and final episode in our Patriot Rising Series. Maybe you know how it ends, but maybe you don't.... The British look to choke out the patriots with their famed southern strategy, but the recent inclusion of the French in this conflict looks to change the course of this war.

The Americans have finally collected a victory, but what will it lead to? Washington has taken Trenton, but the war is far from over...

Events have been set in motion that cannot be undone. Lexington and Concord have set a fuse that is about to ignite full scale war. Listen now from the end of Lexington and Concord to the end of 1776

The first episode in my new series "Patriot Rising" which looks into the American revolution. The American Revolution, an event shrouded in myth and legend, broken down with the real history of it told from the worst of Dorm Rooms. In this episode, I look at the events leading up to the revolution as well as the beginning of it.

The Han Dynasty begins to hit its stride and hits its high water mark, but what happens? Listen to find out in our last episode of "The Han" series.

The XiongNu are on the ropes, but can the Han deal the final blow?

The first part of "The Han". At the time of Julius Caesar and the height of Rome, there was another empire across the world that rivaled it in every way. The Han Dynasty of China arose from the ashes of the brutal Qin Shi Huang Di (Great Wall and Terracotta Warriors guy, heard of them?) and conquered far and wide.