This is a superb channel..exellent work!

Every generation has its mad emperor. America seems to have its own Caliguula, and his name is Donald Trump.

You are nobody

​@Samuelits-tc7nf it's a confidential quote from CALIGULA himself b 4:19 be easy no need for haste your ignorance is misdirected

Sounds like it was a demon speaking through him. So no lie told here.

@@blaketucker2558 we know what we know about the disembodied ancient ones. I agree. Caligula suffered from sleepless nights due to persistent and intense nightmares of what he perceived to be unseen evil forces. Of course he was simply dismissed as insane due to excess wine

@@poocabraxi what is ignorance??? Not a word to throw around ‘o’ sage

Este un film care îți întoarce stomacul pe dos!

Caligula Was a Spaniard 🇪🇸

Love I, Claudius! Sian as Livia makes the whole thing.

Thank you. That was great information!

@@Garbeaux. I liked whoever it was that played Sejanus. I knew someday that actor would deliver such immortal lines as, "Shut up, Wesley!" 🤣

@@rembrandt972ify Pretty sure it was Patrick Stewart.

@@Garbeaux. Wow, ya think?

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The troops were not mutinying against Germanicus. They were mutinying against the emperor Tiberius. They wanted Germanicus to declare himself Emperor. It was Germanicus' loyalty to Tiberius that endangered the lives of Germanicus and his family. Some of the troops interpreted Germanicus' loyalty to the emperor as disloyalty to themselves.

@@netram28 Oh, didn't know that detail. Thanks for telling me. That makes it more interesting.

@@netram28 Imagine how history would've changed had Germanicus overthrown Tiberius.

I highly doubt that is a historically accurate antedote. From all I have read about Germanicus, I never heard of him & his soldiers having any type of acrimonious relationship, especially to the point of mutiny. Which would have been considered sacrilegious at the time, & all soldiers involved would have been put to death immediately. So even if they did think Caligula was too cute to be in the middle of a mutiny, that sure as hell wouldn’t stop them from mutinying still, because once they started, they had to finish , because their lives are on the line. All of Rome knew Germanicus was destined to be the natural successor to Tiberius, he had all the qualities of effective leadership , he was smart & very good looking (while Tiberius was ugly & glib). He was one of the few Roman generals to ever be given a triumph. Basically, everyone in Rome loved Germanicus , the plebs , the elite , and especially the soldiers. So why would they mutiny?

@@leighlowe1069IQ + Dude it was like 5-6 complete sentences. Comparable to a paragraph in KZfaq text. But I understand your Tik Toc brain 🧠 cannot handle any rhetoric beyond 15sec. And you still wonder why your always broke, & have no skills? Btw,l can’t be a “nerd” , because only a nerd would find a joke in that comment, there was nothing funny in it for me, Obvi you found it hilarious 😂 nerd. I just had to comment because Im an Augustus fanboy, literally the only historical figure I’m a fan of. & I hate when ppl spread stupid stories about him or his decedents & fools like you believe & repeat the BS. It’s annoying as f. Wtf you doing on this channel anyway “nerd”

Caligula: Am I a God? Ray: ... No? Caligula: Then... DIE!!!

Rather liked Vespasian's reported comment about his own fast approaching death.

There's far more evidence to the bad behaviour of a large number of emperors. Look at the Severan dynasty. Those guys are messed up. Caligula and Nero are both known to have bad behaviour that was properly sourced in history. Sometimes, after some aggressive rulers, the senatorial class and the nobility want a quiet period in their history. How about the entire "war on Neptune" incident where they brought home seashells as "trophies of war". There is archeological evidence that it did happen. There is a lot more truth to the insanity of several of the emperors. Tiberius? It can be disputed. Caligula? Definitely not. He started out in a quiet reign, but after some of his antics, (which does have some primary sources confirming the behaviour) and the sexual conquest of the noblewomen, not to mention the entire "make his horse a senator" incident, it was only a matter of time before he was removed. Oh, and it wasn't the senate that killed him. It was the military. They never operated against the emperors on the nobility's dime. In fact, sometimes they scared the nobility to behave in how they wanted... Or killed them and replaced them. One or the other.

Recommnend you check out 'The Caesars' on YT

Hollywood is and always has been full of shit.

@@dosrios57 Yeah, Also a Great Series on the Caesars. I little dry but great acting.

Too many Fiction

@@elomenaodhigbo9643 I agree, but also deliberate misinterpretation of his approaches to sarcasm, any interest outside of straight ruler ship, and exaggeration of anything he did, not seen as befitting of the Emperor. Too many enemies creating those fictions.🖤🇨🇦

I wholeheartedly agree!

Why skip Claudius?

@@fidelio9301 saw the notification not thirty seconds after I wrote this : )

Still happening these days.

He made the drains run on time, at least . . . eh ? !

Even paranoid people can have enemies!

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Wait, what am I missing?? Honest question, because to me he hasn't done much good up to the point where he went completely insane. Tens of thousands killed to satisfy his ego. But I also have very little understanding of the governance and way of the Roman empire. How any men would still fear and obey 1 person who has done nothing but cause the whole nation to suffer. Would the option of not having an emperor (by having him killed) be even worse because there would be more battle for power?

I do acknowledge that Caligula's tragic traumatic background and the type of upbringing he had under Tiberius certainly push him to the depression and mental health issues. But I still would not credit him as a great man in any way. He had a promising start, but unfortunately from his youth he never had any help from anyone to help him be a man of reason and good judgement, rather was always surrounded by cunning devious power hungry people (even his own sister). He can't help but be the horrible murderous person that he was who happens to be sitting on the emperor's chair.

Gaius Germanicus zis Caligula a fost prea inteligent pentru Roma acelor timpuri!A avut unele idei inovatoare, pentru care a plătit cu viața!

@@TheValorism did you even watch the documentary?

@@TheValorismcan you really call someone a monster when its kill or be killed? He implemented an insane amount of tax because of his four fathers destroyed the economy just like how the government is doing now.... most said about Caligula are rumors Roman's have the distasteful history of saying things on your name after death to discredit your names in the history books they have done it many times.. if you watched all of this and still only got that he was a bad ruler you didn't watch it properly I suggest re watching it with a non bias mindset this is history not really something you pick sides there are no victories in history only loosers remember even if you think you won in time you have actually lost because in the face of time itself everything is a loosing battle

Agreed

Our best source is indeed the first hand sources or those more closer to his time. However, we also have to be careful with biases of the time and of the author who penned it. Then you have to factor in physical evidence found, and line up all written evidence to cross-reference each other to see if they agree. The ideal situation is we have works from both sides so we can piece out the truth. Or at least works from multiple sources rather than just one. I have always been open to the idea that caligula wasn't an insane tyrant, despite all the media showing me that to be the case. I always think that the people who wrote history we have are often the higher class folks, and if your reign benefited the lower class and not the higher class, I can see the higher class having an incredibly negative perception of you. So I'm always weary about that fact. Julius Caesar, was quite disliked by a good majority of the senate for his often-support of the lower class. Of course there were other reasons but that played a role. I can think of a few other cases where the historical accounts say an emperor or empress was evil, but then upon further reflection and examination of the accounts and evidence we have, found that they had incentive to portray them negatively and found evidence contrary to the texts. It's tough discerning true history when all we have left is one or two accounts from one person who may or may not be biased.

The number and vigour of the conspiracies against him represents some testimony about him; but it's not conclusive, either.. Why didn' t the successful coup have some alternative ruler prepared, I wonder?

Yes!

McBoringface was a very interesting character, as was his mother, Boring Betty. A video about the whole McBoringface family would be awesome.

@@motaman8074 Good One! What if it's boring though? 😂

Too many Fiction

@@elomenaodhigbo9643 uhm, this is a rhetorical question, but how do you personally know? Were you there 2000 years ago? Did you have front row seats? BTW, I am an archeologist, I recently identified an original Caligula (aka Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus).... and THAT was not fiction. 😉

I've never heard that before. That is so crazy!

Not to mention he purportedly administered the construction of his head replacing the great statue of Zeus

@@israel9760 Interestengly, when it was time to cut off the head of the massive statue of Zeus, the workers inside the sanctuary heard raucous laughter coming from the statue. That divine act completely terrified the Romans, making them flee and preventing them from sullying the gigantic statue.

A.D. haunts me to this day. Fantastic mini series.

@@TigerzLionzPistonzWingz Yeah. It's an absolute crime almost no one knows that series nowadwys. Leaving aside Messalina's plot (which was rushed as f*ck), "A.D." is an absolute masterpiece. The magnificent portrayal of Nero by Anthony Andrews already makes it worth watching!

Caligula a fost dușmănit de senatori care l-au și ucis la final alături de ticălosul Casius Chereas.Despre Caligula a scris Suetonius și Casius Dio,care erau senatori!Au scris multe neadevăruri despre el!

History is always written by the winners.

Unfortunately, historians can often only rely on scripts and documentations that sometimes happened hundreds of years post a certain emperor's rule. But while KZfaq videos can be a fun pastime, I very much suggest taking everything they say with a pinch of salt.

@@williecpoke do you spend all your days crying about wypipo? looking at your recent comments on this, it seems like thats all you do. insecure???

It is said on the DVD there was another cut with like 30-45 minutes of non-Penthouse footage lost. One wonders how this movie could of done with a "R" rating and a real theatre release.

I saw that film as a 13 yo.First time I had ever seen a porno,and I was mightily uncomfortable watching it. In reality,it was disgusting filth - but it was made by Penthouse,so.... to be expected.

Hahaha 😂. Those 40 AD movie cameras were so great!!

Exactly that knowledge and technology was completely lost to us during the fall of Rome

It was actually called I, CLAVDIVS.

@@ian_bthat’s what it was stylized as… in English it’s I, Claudius.

@@charlessmith2176 I know, it's a joke.

Ferte auxilium! Nepos mihi dementus est! -Claudius, speaking of his nephew.

Caligula Was Turkish 🇹🇷