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Caligula with Mary Beard

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Audience Score
76
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NR 1 hrHistory, Documentary
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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?
StarringMary BeardGreg WoolfTimothy Peter Wiseman
DirectorHugo Macgregor
WriterMary Beard

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Richard Bradley, Martin Davidson
Production Companies:Lion Television
Caligula with Mary Beard on the Web:Official Website
Movie Tags:
rome, italyarcheologyancient romeroman empire1st centuryancient historyrevisionist historycaligula