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MOVIE

Caligula with Mary Beard

2013 • HD • 60min

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Story

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?

Country United Kingdom Language English

Genre Documentary History

Keywords #rome italy #roman empire #ancient rome #revisionist history #1st century #archeology #caligula #ancient history

Production Lion Television

Credits

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Mary Beard

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