Second in the series in which Adam Hart-Davis examines innovations and inventions introduced by the Romans.
Invasion. An analysis of the Roman army's military strength and effectiveness takes Hart-Davis to Coventry, where he visits a reconstruction of an early wooden fort, and Dorset, where he encounters a genuine casualty of the Roman war machine. He also commissions a reconstruction of a potentially lethal weapon and forerunner of the machine gun. Series producer Martin Mortimore