Sam Morril

I mean, it is actually in many ways one of the great biographies in all literature. I think it really is, yes. It is from Suetonius' biography of Caligula, really, arguably even more so than his biography of Nero, that we get the sort of stereotypical image of the demented Roman emperor who has been driven into total depravity by absolute power. I mean, that's what this is, isn't it?

I mean, it is actually in many ways one of the great biographies in all literature. I think it really is, yes. It is from Suetonius' biography of Caligula, really, arguably even more so than his biography of Nero, that we get the sort of stereotypical image of the demented Roman emperor who has been driven into total depravity by absolute power. I mean, that's what this is, isn't it?

I mean, it is actually in many ways one of the great biographies in all literature. I think it really is, yes. It is from Suetonius' biography of Caligula, really, arguably even more so than his biography of Nero, that we get the sort of stereotypical image of the demented Roman emperor who has been driven into total depravity by absolute power. I mean, that's what this is, isn't it?

It's a model of absolute power corrupting.

It's a model of absolute power corrupting.

It's a model of absolute power corrupting.

So he's a guy who never gets to become emperor, but Suetonius really goes into his story. So tell us a little bit about Germanicus, because basically Suetonius thinks that Germanicus is the best man who's ever lived, brilliant at everything, top of the class, brilliant speaker, brilliant scholar, all of this kind of stuff.

So he's a guy who never gets to become emperor, but Suetonius really goes into his story. So tell us a little bit about Germanicus, because basically Suetonius thinks that Germanicus is the best man who's ever lived, brilliant at everything, top of the class, brilliant speaker, brilliant scholar, all of this kind of stuff.

So he's a guy who never gets to become emperor, but Suetonius really goes into his story. So tell us a little bit about Germanicus, because basically Suetonius thinks that Germanicus is the best man who's ever lived, brilliant at everything, top of the class, brilliant speaker, brilliant scholar, all of this kind of stuff.

I actually don't, just to be clear. I don't have a fake Reddit account.

I actually don't, just to be clear. I don't have a fake Reddit account.

I actually don't, just to be clear. I don't have a fake Reddit account.

I'll tell you, I think Theo, our producer, has a fake Reddit account and I think he goes onto a Reddit and just slags us off. And he would probably say this next thing because Suetonius says of Germanicus that he has very spindly legs. That's his only drawback. Right. That's the kind of thing Theo might say of us.

I'll tell you, I think Theo, our producer, has a fake Reddit account and I think he goes onto a Reddit and just slags us off. And he would probably say this next thing because Suetonius says of Germanicus that he has very spindly legs. That's his only drawback. Right. That's the kind of thing Theo might say of us.

I'll tell you, I think Theo, our producer, has a fake Reddit account and I think he goes onto a Reddit and just slags us off. And he would probably say this next thing because Suetonius says of Germanicus that he has very spindly legs. That's his only drawback. Right. That's the kind of thing Theo might say of us.

Right, yeah. I was going to say, it seems a bit unlikely. If you're really serious about having a mutiny, the sight of a child is unlikely to... They don't have the soul of Hallmark greetings card writers, do they?

Right, yeah. I was going to say, it seems a bit unlikely. If you're really serious about having a mutiny, the sight of a child is unlikely to... They don't have the soul of Hallmark greetings card writers, do they?

Right, yeah. I was going to say, it seems a bit unlikely. If you're really serious about having a mutiny, the sight of a child is unlikely to... They don't have the soul of Hallmark greetings card writers, do they?

his public image when he becomes emperor. Right. So going back to his childhood, he and his family, so Germanicus is sent out to the east by Tiberius to be the big man in the east, isn't he? Right. So that's broadening his range of experiences. Yeah.

his public image when he becomes emperor. Right. So going back to his childhood, he and his family, so Germanicus is sent out to the east by Tiberius to be the big man in the east, isn't he? Right. So that's broadening his range of experiences. Yeah.