Near the end of I Claudius, the dead emperors and other relatives of Claudius come up to speak to him.
Caligula says something along these lines:
Uncle Claudius it turns out I wasn't _________________ after all, you could have knocked me over with a feather.
I can't distinguish what the missing word(s) is/are as the background noise is too loud.
Does anyone know what Caligula says ?
Originally I thought it was 'sane' (based on that question he gave Claudius about his sanity). But it's been pretty much confirmed that he actually said 'the Messiah.'
share"When they told me I wasn't a god"
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share"the messiah" -- the implication being that Caligula thought he had all fulfilled all the omens/predictions of the messiah (timing of birth and death, killed by his own people etc), as Herod Agrippa (born in Bethlehem etc) thought about himself as well. But it turned out to be the "unknown Jewish guy" after all. ;-)
He says, and I paraphrase, “They said I wasn’t that messiah after all! You could’ve knocked me over with a feather when I heard!”
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