Caligula with Mary Beard
2013·Movie·1h
Documentary, History
7.5 / 10 (11 votes)
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?
- Directed by
- Hugo Macgregor
- Original language
- English
- Released
- 29 July 2013
Where to Watch
Availability in the US · Subtitle and audio track data
Cast
Mary Beard
Self - Host
- GW
Greg Woolf
Self - Historian
- TP
Timothy Peter Wiseman
Self - Historian
- CE
Catharine Edwards
Self - Historian
- HH
Henry Hurst
Self - Archeologist