Caligula with Mary Beard
1080p
60 min
2013
Published on, 1 year ago
Caligula with Mary Beard
1080p
60 min
2013
Published on, 1 year ago
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?
rome, italy
roman empire
ancient rome
ancient history
revisionist history
archeology
1st century
caligula
