Caligula: The Man Behind The Madness | Absolute History
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Tony Robinson’s Romans series continues as he examines the life of Caligula.
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remember history is always written by the victors
So they called him crazy and cruel but smashed his infant daughters brains into a wall.....right
yeah and who was the insane, psychotic.? totally fabricated stories are what made Caligula seem insane. Mind you the sea shell and building along the water is kinda crazy but not insane.
I love these videos. I learn so much after watching and they are so interesting!
Much of Caligula's reputation comes from his detractors, making it difficult to determine accuracy.
But 10% of bat****** insane is still... wow....
trash talk is a thing look at what the allies did to France during the Napoleonic period the allies were actually shit royalists. France was trying to bring liberty fraternity and democracy and were Napoleon won most of the reforms he left behind managed to stick funny that?
Caligula is my dawg. I’d ride or die for him....or pick up seashells if he asked me too
Seashells... When baked at high heat for 18+ hours until they dissolve in water, was the basis of Roman Concrete. Very valuable in the building of Rome!
Good catch
beth98362 amazing!! I didn’t know that!
By enlisting his soldiers to collect seashells Caligula demonstrates he was no concrete contractor. HE WAS INSANE
@@Trund27 “I have existed from the morning of the world and I shall exist until the last star falls from the night. Although I have taken the form of Gaius Caligula, I am all men as I am no man and therefore I am a God.”-Caligula
Very interesting 🤔
This kinda just shows that a violent upbringing can very well bring violent ends
In all honesty though... I would make my horse a member of the senate lmao
I was born on August 31st also and I've been fascinated by Caligula since I found out we shared a birthday. Will never know what kind of Roman Empress I might have been. ;)
Probably a vicious one or a dead one. Even the good ones had to allow for murder and corruption to maintain their lives
It sounds sort of like he has bipolar from how they describe it here.
I don't know how anyone would hold their shit together in ancient Rome, everyone trying to kill you or plot against you in some way, I'm surprised there weren't more 'mad emperors'
He explains this very clearly that the only people who he was cruel to was the people he held suspicions against for plotting against him and his family, which is the senate. and their supposed co-conspirators. That's not bipolar, he was vengeful.
@@Frog154 There were. Some scientists believe a big factor in the fall of the roman empire (way later than Caligula!) was that the people got mad by the lead they put in their wine to make it sweeter. Lead poisoning lowers intelligence and increases agression!
Exactly what I was thinking, yup, Bipolar perhaps.
"But assuming the much-maligned emperor was the loon his chroniclers describe, some scholars have suggested that an illness made him come unhinged-possibly temporal lobe epilepsy, hyperthyroidism or Wilson's disease, an inherited disorder that can cause mental instability."
www.history.com/news/7-things-you-may-not-know-about-caligula
I would watch Baldrick reciting the story of the Black Death with a smile on my face.I always liked Tony.
Senica: "Tiberius died of old age."
Me: "Roman emperors seldom died of old age."
For anyone that enjoyed this program I would recommend watching the BBC series “I Claudius”. Written by the noted historian Robert Graves.
It tells the story of the Roman imperial family from Augustus through to Nero. Jam-packed with brilliant actors, and historical fact.
Graves takes some artistic license with timing and assumes some of his own scenarios but essentially it tells the popular gossip of the time.
Sian Phillips plays a deliciously evil Lady Livia Augusta, great grandmother of Caligula.
Charlie Bubbles is that the television series from the late 1970s or early 1980 ?
I've seen it once through, years ago. Would love to see it again
I'd have a madness in me too, if I were called after a shoe for my whole life. I AM YOUR EMPERORRRRRRRR!
Lmao fair point! And little ones too!
"...if he was bonkers, why did they make him emperor? ..."
*raises eyebrow and looks towards 'merica
there is no incestic nepotistic sadistic daddy worshiping here. your big daddy a hero? you need to prove yourself. No extras, no launches. no royalty. Roman taught the world that.
There's an orange dude on Twitter that writes like that.
You do know that just because someone is in power doesn't mean everyone wanted them to be, right?
@@madamii absolutely!
@shiny penny I can't tell if you're joking or not.
The worlds first true troll, Caligula. RIP, legend
Troll? I think more like murderous, paranoid, despot emperor. 🥶
@@SweetChicagoGator Put some respect on his name. He was the worlds first ever troll.
@@Stonewall2
I already stated my case what part of it don't you understand?
What is your definition of a troll, young boy?🤣
@@SweetChicagoGator look it up and there will be a picture of Caligula, proudly staring back at you.
Ffs, where are your parents?
Pearls melted in vinegar to drink.
What in the actual fuck?
Thank god Not another lurid and vulgar "docu".
Very informative.
Monty pythons life of Caligula
The Roman Empire on netflix is good 👍🏻
Love Tony Robinson from fat tulips garden I used to watch when I was a kid . He was hilarious!
I always wondered if these are actually documentaries or the host on vacation
If my history class was narrated in this fantastic way, I wouldn't have slept through it
The late Sir John Hurt was the best Caligula EVER!!!!
You beat me!
Yes!
Jay Robinson in The Robe was great too.
At least back then the politicians were willing to get their own hands bloody...
lovev you tony
thank you for helping change history you are such an inspiration for me, an archaeology student xxxx you and TT saved me no lie
sorry i got gushy there, i was meaning to state how i love Tony's consideration to all sides of a story
Nothing New on Gaius Julius Caesar Gernanicus
“ the kind ay hing that makes the most macho man go gaga “
Next month (May 2023) I'm visiting Rome and near the top of my list is the site where Caligula was murdered. It's a tunnel called the "Neronian Cryptoporticus." It was recently determined to be the assassination site. It was erroneously thought it was built by Nero but it was only improved by him. It is on the Palatine Hill.
A lot of the scenes in this was filmed in the Roman Baths in Bath, Somerset UK.
Mi-ar plăcea să îl văd printr-o minune, măcar un minut pe acest mare împărat pe calul său superb Incitatus!
9:30 Talking about plots, showing random people on cellphones xD
Seeing as Caligula was thought to be paranoid, a sight of lots of people around him talking/texting would drive his paranoid mind crazy, as he would think they're all plotting against him.
Why is most of this documentary random footage of Italian people..
Bipolar. That's all.
Excellent
While still barely compressible this made him at least human.
Thank you
He 🥾 couldn’t hold a candle to “Hillary” ....
31:26 aw, man....seriously!? Is the phrase under copyright?
Hahahaha, I had to replay it to see what you meant, good point.
I wish I would have watched this before visiting the Vatican 🤓
boldrick....what are you doing here
He is still 1 of my favorite people from History
I knew JESUS wasn't real look at here 😂
was Caligula's horse named Mitch McConnell ?
😆😆😆😆
Very good. I was just thinking that the similarities to the Donald are remarkable. Ah, now I know why dt wants to buy Greenland, he's going to walk across the Atlantic. He's still going to need a lot of ships.
zaq voir yes Paul Ryan was his dog
How very Targaryan!
caligula sure got his in the end
R.I.P my NIGGA
In ancient 1947 a burly man was making tiny gloves for his toddler, nicknamed "tiny hands". In 2019 "Tiny Hands" , which roughly translates to Donald Trump, is now the evil ruler of one of the most powerful "empires" of the world 😂
Well we’re screwed
Nicola Fiorelli rewriting history. Typical liberal.
Brilliant
Jinx!
hmmm 38:47 is talking about anti antisemitism which is confusing since around half the non Latin speakers in the empire are actually Semitic, since that word just describes a language family. If you were to make a list of semetic languages rated on population who speak it, Jewish would be 5th on the list after Arabs and other similar languages. I share this because its weird that something like a Semitic Language automatically translates as Jewish....Are we so afraid of being anti jew that we would rather instantly be labeled as anti Arab? We can be against Israel and not be against the Jewish faith, its ok. Sorry for the rant, just does not make sense to me since my constitution says all are created equally.
ravinraven6913 If you look up the word you can see why it refers to Jews specifically. Basically because those were the Semites there and being talked about at the time, in most places since then when the hatred is there. All the huge Arab/Muslim population growth everywhere outside of the ME in these numbers is a relatively newish thing.
With all the plotting and chaos of being an emperor I don't think what he did could really be considered mad
I'm curious as to if Prager u knows they are sponsoring this 🤔
Tony Robinson can make anything interesting.
It is nice info on roman emperor caligula
I thought Nero was more evil than Caligula?
Didn't Nero burn the city of Rome? I'd say that he was worse. I think the case with Caligula was he was evil and Nero was insane-evil.
They're both better than Trump and Churchill.
@@sinematographynaction I doubt that
Tony Robinson - legend 🙌
My Hero lmao
Bipolar?
Children😄😂
Tony Robinson should of been a college professor 👨🏫!!
How'd they get black and white footage of "little boots" if he was born close to 2000 years before film?
9:38 What are these people in on?
A mad man!!!
I have a cunning plan, sir.
Brilliant.
Blood for blood, and skulls for skulls Spite for spite and love for love
38:31, Stop it with your “antisemitism“ propaganda bulldung. Caligula was a mad man who hated humanity, from his own people whom he shared a common gene and culture to complete outsiders, he was cruel to everyone.
Caligula. What a Guy!
Like others weren't?
That poor baby girl. She was innocent and didn't deserve to die. This is one of the reasons why I don't like ancient romans. They murdered without any remorse.
Trump: the reincarnation of Caligula
No. That would be Obama and Hilary. Hands down....corrupt to the core
Caligula was at least somewhat smart & loved by the public....only idiots love Trump.
I think you’re giving trump too much credit.
Where are the similarities?
Malerie Ayala: the epitome of exaggeration
he don't hold a stick to Donald Trump how much more can america take
Dont be utterly ridiculous
Stupid