Caligula with Mary Beard
7.5(11)20131h 0mEN
Directed by Hugo Macgregor
What is true and what is false in the hideous stories spread about the controversial figure of the Roman emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (12-41), nicknamed Caligula? Professor Mary Beard explains what is accurate and what is mythical in the historical accounts that portray him as an unbalanced despot. Was he a sadistic tyrant, as Roman historians have told, or perhaps the truth about him was manipulated because of political interests?
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rome, italyroman empireancient romeancient historyrevisionist historyarcheology1st centurycaligula
