Caligula. Madness, Power, and Passion. What You Didn't Know About Him?
Rome. 40 AD. Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, known as Caligula, went down in history as the most insane emperor of Ancient Rome. But was he a monster or a victim of circumstance and political intrigue? This episode reveals the whole truth about Caligula: his childhood with Germanicus and Agrippina, his years of fear on the island of Capri alongside Tiberius, the illness that transformed his psyche, and his meteoric rise to absolute power.
He executed his enemies, humiliated senators, but also abolished unfair taxes, restored popular assemblies, and built aqueducts and roads. His reign began as an era of hope and ended in bloodshed.
We'll examine what really happened and where the facts end and propaganda begins.
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00:00 Today's episode — Caligula
01:52 Rome before Caligula
04:00 Childhood of the future emperor
08:50 Death of Germanicus, Caligula's father
11:00 Death of his mother and brothers
12:07 Caligula's life on Capri
13:25 Caligula descends crazy
21:15 How did Caligula die?
23:00 Caligula's madness - black PR?