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Caligula with Mary Beard

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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Mary Beard

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Greg Woolf

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Timothy Peter Wiseman

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Catharine Edwards

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Henry Hurst

Self - Archeologist

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Mary Beard

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Catherine Preece

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Catherine Preece

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Tom Jessup

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Frank Russelle

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Anthony Burke

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Amy Kemp

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Shahana Meer

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Virginia Taroni

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Raphael Cormack

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Caligula with Mary Beard

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?

Orignal Language

en

Duration

60 minutes

Genre

Documentary, History

Status

Released

Release Data

2013-07-29

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Production Companies

Lion Television

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