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Caligula is the young heir to the throne of his great-uncle, Emperor Tiberius.One morning, a blackbird flies into his room; Caligula considers this a bad omen. Shortly afterward, one of the heads of the Praetorian Guard, Naevius Sutorius Macro, tells Caligula that Tiberius demands his immediate presence at Capri, where the Emperor lives with his close friend Nerva, Caligula's dim-witted uncle ...
The rumors of incest that surrounded Drusilla could be attempts to discredit Caligula's leadership following his death. The most popular source of these rumors comes from Suetonius , a Roman historian born 28 years after Caligula's death; he wrote that "[Caligula] lived in habitual incest with all his sisters", claiming Caligula and Drusilla ...
While Caligula was watching an acting troupe of young men rehearsing in the cryptoporticus (underground corridor) for an upcoming performance, as part of a series of games and dramatics held for the Divine Augustus, the Praetorian Guard, led by Cassius Chaerea, rushed Caligula and stabbed him to death. [7] By the time Caligula's loyal Germanic ...
In “Caligula: The Ultimate Cut,” absolute power corrupts absolutely, but even using absolutely all of the footage shot for the notorious production back in 1976 does not necessarily result in ...
Following her death, Caligula showed no special love or respect toward the surviving sisters and was said to have gone insane. In AD 39, Agrippina and Livilla, with their maternal cousin, Drusilla's widower Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, were involved in a failed plot to murder Caligula, a plot known as the Plot of the Three Daggers, which was to ...
With so much new footage, Caligula: The Ultimate Cut certainly rescues the film’s reputation from the trashy doldrums.Helen Mirren’s role for example is greatly expanded, from 17 minutes ...
During the first years of Caligula's reign, Livilla, along with her elder sisters Agrippina the Younger and Julia Drusilla, received considerable honours and striking privileges, such as the rights of the Vestal Virgins (like the freedom to view public games from the upper seats in the stadium), the inclusion of her name in the oath of loyalty ...
Caligula is a play written by Albert Camus, begun in 1938 (the date of the first manuscript is 1939) and published for the first time in May 1944 by Éditions Gallimard. [1] It premiered on 26 September 1945 at the Théâtre Hébertot in Paris, starring Gérard Philipe ( Caligula ), Michel Bouquet and Georges Vitaly and was directed by Paul Œttly.