Caligula with Mary Beard
Movie| Title | Caligula with Mary Beard |
| User score | 7.6 |
| Release date | Jul 29, 2013 |
| Genre | Documentary, History |
| Director | Hugo Macgregor |
| Production country | United Kingdom |
| Production companies | Lion Television |
| Run time | 60 min. |
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?
