Caligula-Most Evil Man in History?
I watched a documentary called 'Most Evil Men In History'
and what do you know, i featured Caligula.
now, we all know from studying Caligula's life he was f#ked up.
but one of the most evil men in history?
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personally, i don't think he was evil,
just screwed in the head.
but again, it was ancient Rome, half the emporors were psychos
Nero, Tiberius etc.
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I don't think Caligula was the most evil man ever. In fact, the movie is sorta over-the-top in its depiction of Caligula, despite McDowell's brilliant performance (his performance is #4 on my top 10 most amazing performances ever list). After reading up about the real Caligula, I think cdkan makes a good point that he was just f--ked in the head, and not the most evil person. He did some pretty badass things in his lifetime though.
"How long of this longest day till we finally make it through?"-Iron Maiden
Well when a person has all this depravity and evil surrounding them you can't expect Mother Teresa can you.
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That's actually making excuses you know. I for example had a bit hard childhood and walk around beating random people and humiliating children. I grow up to become a person who is everything about opposite to what the people who were bad to me were.
He was just immoral and inhumane and didn't make excuses that I know of to do what he did. He did what he want because he could.
In fact, the movie is sorta over-the-top in its depiction of Caligula
And let's not forget that those who wrote about Caligula weren't exactly his supporters or likely very friendly towards him. Take the incident where he alledgedly made his horse a senator. Is this evidence of his insanity or was he making horses asses of the senate?
I'd love to see a movie that explores this event not as the actions of a lunatic but as an act carried out as a calculated insult.
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"And let's not forget that those who wrote about Caligula weren't exactly his supporters"
Mostly Tacitus, Cassius Dio, and Suetonius, who despised the Imperial system and made ALL the emperors look like fools, madmen, and tyrants.
"Take the incident where he alledgedly made his horse a senator"
Exactly. He merely THREATENED to do this.Incitatus NEVER graced the senate floor. And his reason WAS to show the senators that ANYONE or any HORSE could be made into a senator at his whim.
Well since politicians tend to be horses' asses..
share... Or the other half of them liked to have their predecessors' history being biased, to put themselves in a better light and to discredit their deceased enemies. All of these to win the love of the people so that it didn't overthrow them too early. It's called propaganda and I guess it should not surprise any intelligent person.
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