

Caligula with Mary Beard (2013)
All the adventure a man can live, he lives.
2013-07-29
United Kingdom
60 Min.
PG-13
Documentary, History
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?
Cast
Self - Host
Self - Historian
Self - Historian
Self - Historian
Self - Archeologist