Caligula with Mary Beard [473288] Released: 2013-07-29 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 60 mins Popularity: 0.4629 Vote Average: 7.6 Vote Count: 10 Overview: What is true and what is false in the hideous stories spread about the controversial figure of the Roman emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (12-41), nicknamed Caligula? Professor Mary Beard explains what is accurate and what is mythical in the historical accounts that portray him as an unbalanced despot. Was he a sadistic tyrant, as Roman historians have told, or perhaps the truth about him was manipulated because of political interests? Cast [5] Mary BeardSelf - Host Greg WoolfSelf - Historian Timothy Peter WisemanSelf - Historian Catharine EdwardsSelf - Historian Henry HurstSelf - Archeolog Hompage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b037w0qh Trailers