Rome’s 5 Craziest Emperors (Episode 2) Caligula (Shorts)
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Daniel Mainwaring
5.0 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2022
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Summary
Caligula the Roman emperor has been held up as the archetype of a crazy ruler for the last 2,000 years. But was he as bad as the history books say he was? And is everything you’ve read about him true? In this episode I examine Caligula and explain why he went from hero to zero.
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