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Caligula with Mary Beard
7.6 / 10• 2013• 1h 0m•NR• English
DocumentaryHistory
Storyline
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?
Cast & Crew
Mary Beard
Self - Host
LeadGW
Greg Woolf
Self - Historian
TP
Timothy Peter Wiseman
Self - Historian
CE
Catharine Edwards
Self - Historian
HH
Henry Hurst
Self - Archeologist
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Hugo Macgregor's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Caligula with Mary Beard is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
