I Claudius - The Emperor Caligula has become a god.

Lentulus: "Your recovery is a miracle."
Caligula: "But you prayed for it, Lentulus."
Lentulus: "Oh, night and day. But our prayers are not always heard."
Caligula to Lentulus: “You offered your life to the gods in the place of mine. That was extremely noble.”
Lentulus: "It's true. I did."
Caligula: "And what are you going to do about it?"
Lentulus: "Do about it? What do you mean?"
Caligula: "Well, I'm still here and so are you, but we oughtn't both to be here. Should we not give the gods the things that we promise them? You're in danger of the crime of perjury, Lentulus. Think about it. But not too long. The gods won't wait forever, of that I can assure you. I know them only too well."
Lentulus waited a long time, until he realized that "the god" Caligula wasn't going to forget, and then finally committed suicide.

[@The_momur]

“He’s still the same lovable young man.” 🤨

[@flankspeed]

🎼HE IS THE MONARCH OF THE SEA... 🎶

[@Felco6]

John Hurt though. Sinister.

[@SignorNessuno65]

I thought that was Anthony Cumia for a minute!

[@ardalla535]

Good point. If Augustus Caesar was deified after his death, why not before? Are there differing degrees of absurdity?

[@cloudftw113]

I mean, an overzealous post-mortem honorary title is a bit less weird than the subject of said title calling *himself* a god.

[@Captain-Cosmo]

It probably seems more absurd to us that Caligula "became a god" than it did to the ancient Romans, as we modern westerners are so entrenched in the monotheistic tradition of Christianity in whch "God" is the creator and rule of everything. But in Caligula's day, gods, demigods and men were commonly entangled. Gods would, for exmaple, have sex with mortals and create sons of gods, such as Achilles. The term "god" simply did not mean what we think of it as meaning today. It was more a matter of "divinity".

[@HO-bndk]

All religion is ridiculous nonsense.

[@ErenDoppleganer]

You’re wrong. Being god is basically same as christiniaty but more creative and interesting.

[@Edward1312]

It might not be the same but even then it was outrageous.

[@Captain-Cosmo]

@@Edward1312 Really? Because, beginning with Julius Caesar, the deification of Roman emperors essentially dominated Roman history for three hundred years.

[@brianmccabe2430]

Dont show this to Trump and MTQ.

[@amberlopez7477]

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[@skanderbeg1751]

Brandon saw it now he thinks he is Obama 😂😂😂😂

[@MadeAnAccountOnlyToReplyToThis]

All three of you have the brains of cattle.

[@nicholasturner7931]

Get ur head outta ur ass

[@kali3665]

And suddenly I hear these words coming from Trump Worshipers....

[@dracula1980]

I have a friend whom has an Obama shrine in her living room complete with candles and autographed post card

[@sebastianb.1926]

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[@darylmulwane3430]

This is Biden