Caligula with Mary Beard
- Release Date
- 2013-07-29
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- N/A
- Links
- IMDb
Overview
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?