Caligula: Paranoia and Brutality in Ancient Rome

• 2015
• •
• 59m

Known as Rome's most capricious tyrant, Caligula, was said to have proclaimed himself a living God before building vast bridges and killing half the Roman elite on a whim. The son of a great military leader, his personal and fiscal excesses led him to be the first Roman emperor to be assassinated. In this film, Mary Beard reveals a more intriguing portrait of not just the monster, but the man.

Erscheinungsdatum

1. Jan. 2015

Originalsprache

Englisch

Herkunft

Vereinigte Staaten