Why was Caligula so controversial? Tony Robinson's Romans: Caligula Timeline
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Date: 2022-07-19
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Jesse
Im not convinced about the whole Caligula 'legend'. I mean in Tacitus the tract referring to Caligula, as well as the details Sejanus's fall from grace, is omitted. All this stuff about placing his horse as Consul, etc could possibly be a load of historical hokum after the fact. For example, there's a story that Caligula ordered his soldiers to collect sea shells; well as it happens, a Roman form of encampment tent was named after the Latin word for cockles. See for yourself. No, I feel the truth is a bit more mundane than the legend portrayed in, by and large, vernacular literature. Sorry.
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Im not convinced about the whole Caligula 'legend'. I mean in Tacitus the tract referring to Caligula, as well as the details Sejanus's fall from grace, is omitted. All this stuff about placing his horse as Consul, etc could possibly be a load of historical hokum after the fact. For example, there's a story that Caligula ordered his soldiers to collect sea shells; well as it happens, a Roman form of encampment tent was named after the Latin word for cockles. See for yourself. No, I feel the truth is a bit more mundane than the legend portrayed in, by and large, vernacular literature. Sorry.
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spymaine89
the answer is just as watching world politics AND CLOSE SCUTINY OF THE US congress you see if you have the slightest wit, that they are all mad and cruel and self serving. . and the masses are more despicable for allowing it.
what we notice of truly mad and retarded people is they are rarely cruel or self-serving.
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the answer is just as watching world politics AND CLOSE SCUTINY OF THE US congress you see if you have the slightest wit, that they are all mad and cruel and self serving. . and the masses are more despicable for allowing it.
what we notice of truly mad and retarded people is they are rarely cruel or self-serving.
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Patricia
Most of future kings and queens one way or another were tormented, mistreated etc. etc. They also had to study and study to the point where they lost conscious what real life truly is.
Im very aware that education is important but what kind of stability can you bring in the world if thats all you know.
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Most of future kings and queens one way or another were tormented, mistreated etc. etc. They also had to study and study to the point where they lost conscious what real life truly is.
Im very aware that education is important but what kind of stability can you bring in the world if thats all you know.
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Freddy
I barely knew my grandmother so when she died, I didnt really care, just another stranger In my book. And putting into consideration the fact that all they had to keep in touch was hand written letters I can see how he felt indifferent to his mother and brothers deaths. Maybe even saw them as weaklings.
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I barely knew my grandmother so when she died, I didnt really care, just another stranger In my book. And putting into consideration the fact that all they had to keep in touch was hand written letters I can see how he felt indifferent to his mother and brothers deaths. Maybe even saw them as weaklings.
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Odi
the only thing Caligula didn't do is write his own history and the way he sees the world before he died, and while he's at it, try to silence all the opposing and nasty opinions of him by so called historians at the time, as we all know the victor writes history.
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the only thing Caligula didn't do is write his own history and the way he sees the world before he died, and while he's at it, try to silence all the opposing and nasty opinions of him by so called historians at the time, as we all know the victor writes history.
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ExamineTheFacts
39: 24
According to some historians, the conversation went something like this:
Caligula Why don't you eat pork
Staff: We'll, its like, you know, some people don't eat lamb.
I'm not surprised, it (lamb) doesn't taste very nice
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39: 24
According to some historians, the conversation went something like this:
Caligula Why don't you eat pork
Staff: We'll, its like, you know, some people don't eat lamb.
I'm not surprised, it (lamb) doesn't taste very nice
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education
There is a lot of common of my mother with Caligula, Caligula was a vacious angry person as well As a fundamentalist, I hv a common thing with him fundamentalist. hasina madam has common with Nero angry, ruthless and dreamer and with me dreamer.
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There is a lot of common of my mother with Caligula, Caligula was a vacious angry person as well As a fundamentalist, I hv a common thing with him fundamentalist. hasina madam has common with Nero angry, ruthless and dreamer and with me dreamer.
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Creations
I love this series and full of great facts, what I dont like is when they show statues of other emperors implying they are of Caligula. Like the 2 colossuss of Constantine and the equestrian Marcus Aurelius.
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I love this series and full of great facts, what I dont like is when they show statues of other emperors implying they are of Caligula. Like the 2 colossuss of Constantine and the equestrian Marcus Aurelius.
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thedavid00100
Injecting a modern European construct like antisemitism into an ancient political conflict between two groups over privilege & access 2 power is beyond absurd. Overall, good documentary.
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Injecting a modern European construct like antisemitism into an ancient political conflict between two groups over privilege & access 2 power is beyond absurd. Overall, good documentary.
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Revelation
Coming from a powerful family and growing up in the presence of power made Caligula Snobby, thinking he was entitled to everything. Being able to himiliate anyone made him feel powerful.
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Coming from a powerful family and growing up in the presence of power made Caligula Snobby, thinking he was entitled to everything. Being able to himiliate anyone made him feel powerful.
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Tom
In the opening minute and a half the host wonders that, if Caligula was so out of it mentally, why then did they make him emperor? Same question could be asked in regards to Joe Biden.
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In the opening minute and a half the host wonders that, if Caligula was so out of it mentally, why then did they make him emperor? Same question could be asked in regards to Joe Biden.
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Philip
when you kill a popular leader you need to discredit him. after what I see today enemies say about each other I have a lot doubts what enemies said about the loser in history
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when you kill a popular leader you need to discredit him. after what I see today enemies say about each other I have a lot doubts what enemies said about the loser in history
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Peter
There maybe a reason for Caligula personality. When he was young he was with his uncle with the army of the Rhine and he accidentally was kick in the head by his horse.
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There maybe a reason for Caligula personality. When he was young he was with his uncle with the army of the Rhine and he accidentally was kick in the head by his horse.
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Wm.
He was taught from birth that he couldn't do anything wrong. Give that same abiltiy to a child today and allow him/her/it to become the leader of the known world. DUH!
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He was taught from birth that he couldn't do anything wrong. Give that same abiltiy to a child today and allow him/her/it to become the leader of the known world. DUH!
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rob
The problem, with this presentation if there is one is this: it concentrates only on Caligula when it's the people that made Caligula possible that should be examined.
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The problem, with this presentation if there is one is this: it concentrates only on Caligula when it's the people that made Caligula possible that should be examined.
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Mikkel
How legit is the historical information in this documentary? Seen another one about Caligula but it was legit seen as though it had professor Mary Beard in it.
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How legit is the historical information in this documentary? Seen another one about Caligula but it was legit seen as though it had professor Mary Beard in it.
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Motley
Imagine if there was TikTok back then the 7yr old emperor would have an army of 25, 000 men all making a TikTok video has all of them dancing in unison lol
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Imagine if there was TikTok back then the 7yr old emperor would have an army of 25, 000 men all making a TikTok video has all of them dancing in unison lol
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education
Paved road was invented in India, middium road was invented in Iran and advance road was invented in Italy. the best achievement of our history.
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Paved road was invented in India, middium road was invented in Iran and advance road was invented in Italy. the best achievement of our history.
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Metalhead91
Making it illegal to stand over you to stop people from seeing your bald spot sounds like the kind of thing Trump would have tried to do.
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Making it illegal to stand over you to stop people from seeing your bald spot sounds like the kind of thing Trump would have tried to do.
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