Sam Morril
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And this is about him taking the taboos that mean so much to the established senior, you know, blue-blooded people and ripping them up and presumably delighting the mob, as it were, in doing so. There's something almost kind of punk about it.
And this is about him taking the taboos that mean so much to the established senior, you know, blue-blooded people and ripping them up and presumably delighting the mob, as it were, in doing so. There's something almost kind of punk about it.
Caligula obviously revels in experimenting with that, I think. In that sense, Nero and Caligula are remarkably similar, aren't they? Because they're basically part of the same political tradition. They're playing to the same audience and they're kicking against the same taboos and the same class, the senatorial class.
Caligula obviously revels in experimenting with that, I think. In that sense, Nero and Caligula are remarkably similar, aren't they? Because they're basically part of the same political tradition. They're playing to the same audience and they're kicking against the same taboos and the same class, the senatorial class.
Caligula obviously revels in experimenting with that, I think. In that sense, Nero and Caligula are remarkably similar, aren't they? Because they're basically part of the same political tradition. They're playing to the same audience and they're kicking against the same taboos and the same class, the senatorial class.
don't need you i'm you know i am this godlike figure i can ride over water if i want to and then the final and most famous thing making his horse a console so i know you have a very actually i've heard you explain before i think it's a very persuasive explanation of exactly what this is because effectively this is just a very very this is a satirical joke it's a joke
don't need you i'm you know i am this godlike figure i can ride over water if i want to and then the final and most famous thing making his horse a console so i know you have a very actually i've heard you explain before i think it's a very persuasive explanation of exactly what this is because effectively this is just a very very this is a satirical joke it's a joke
don't need you i'm you know i am this godlike figure i can ride over water if i want to and then the final and most famous thing making his horse a console so i know you have a very actually i've heard you explain before i think it's a very persuasive explanation of exactly what this is because effectively this is just a very very this is a satirical joke it's a joke
But for all Caligula's spectacle and his dark humour and his kind of... populist touch, I should say. He only lasts four years and he ends up dead in this extraordinary set piece, this great narrative set piece. He's been stabbed and stabbed again by Cassius Caria and his men, abandoned in an alley, And what's going to happen next? Are they going to bring back the Republic?
But for all Caligula's spectacle and his dark humour and his kind of... populist touch, I should say. He only lasts four years and he ends up dead in this extraordinary set piece, this great narrative set piece. He's been stabbed and stabbed again by Cassius Caria and his men, abandoned in an alley, And what's going to happen next? Are they going to bring back the Republic?
But for all Caligula's spectacle and his dark humour and his kind of... populist touch, I should say. He only lasts four years and he ends up dead in this extraordinary set piece, this great narrative set piece. He's been stabbed and stabbed again by Cassius Caria and his men, abandoned in an alley, And what's going to happen next? Are they going to bring back the Republic?
Is the Empire going to continue? If so, who on earth could possibly succeed? Is there anybody left from the Imperial family? And Tom, we will be answering that question next time. But of course, there's only one way that people can hear that right now, isn't there? And that's if they're members of the Restless History Club.
Is the Empire going to continue? If so, who on earth could possibly succeed? Is there anybody left from the Imperial family? And Tom, we will be answering that question next time. But of course, there's only one way that people can hear that right now, isn't there? And that's if they're members of the Restless History Club.
Is the Empire going to continue? If so, who on earth could possibly succeed? Is there anybody left from the Imperial family? And Tom, we will be answering that question next time. But of course, there's only one way that people can hear that right now, isn't there? And that's if they're members of the Restless History Club.
If they're members of our very own Praetorian Guard, they'll be able to hear it. And if you're not and you'd like to join up... you can go to therestishistory.com and hear right away what happens next after the assassination of Caligula, who comes next, and what kind of emperor he was. So, Tom, thank you very much for that.
If they're members of our very own Praetorian Guard, they'll be able to hear it. And if you're not and you'd like to join up... you can go to therestishistory.com and hear right away what happens next after the assassination of Caligula, who comes next, and what kind of emperor he was. So, Tom, thank you very much for that.
If they're members of our very own Praetorian Guard, they'll be able to hear it. And if you're not and you'd like to join up... you can go to therestishistory.com and hear right away what happens next after the assassination of Caligula, who comes next, and what kind of emperor he was. So, Tom, thank you very much for that.
And on that bombshell, we'll be back next time with the story of the Emperor Claudius. Bye-bye. Bye-bye.
And on that bombshell, we'll be back next time with the story of the Emperor Claudius. Bye-bye. Bye-bye.
And on that bombshell, we'll be back next time with the story of the Emperor Claudius. Bye-bye. Bye-bye.