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Release date: 07/29/2013
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Caligula with Mary Beard
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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?
Alternative titles
Caligula: Paranoia and Brutality in Ancient Rome
Mary Beard: Calígula
Mary Beard: la historia de Calígula