He had thought, in his divine innocence, that the roads might be lined with cheering crowds; he had thought that the streets might be strewn with flowers; he had thought that there'd be messages to greet him telling him of triumphs to be awarded. And what did he find, this conqueror of the Germans, this victor of the mighty Neptune? The streets empty of crowds and flowers, no triumphs rewarded, no games, no celebrations--but three miserable, old, ex-counsels waiting at the gates to meet him, and a room full of cowardly, stay-at-home senators who have spent all their time in the theatre and in the baths, while he has spent six months, living no better than a private soldier!?
>But Jove, you ordered no triumphs!
Well, of course I ordered no triumphs, do you think I'd ordered triumphs for myself?!
>But you ordered us not to order any!
Yessssss, and you took me at my word, didn't you? Typical! It didn’t occur to you that I might be leaving it up to you for your love to show itself freely; didn't occur to you that it might be my natural humility speaking! "I ordered you not to celebrate". But you ordered celebrations for the anniversary of Actiom, didn't you? Didn't forget to celebrate the defeat of my great-grandfather, Marc Antony! How many bottles of wine did you open, toasting his murder while I was doing battle with the sea?
Cinemaphile chuds would have gone wild with Caligula's crossdressing scene.
Legit skipped it.
I don't even remember it
Not my most difficult wank
Gay
>It wasn't worth it, was it? Even I could've told you that...
That scene blew my mind.
this thread is not of the true CVLIGVLV WHO WAS BEFORE THE WORLD WAS AND IS AND SHALL BE AGAIN and is thereby BLASHPEMY
all posters are to be sent to the spinning death blade parade
god that thing looked really scary and cruel
I like Graves' view that Caligula was some kind of cocaine addict.
No he just got sick and his brain melted, making him insane
IN TEN YEARS, FIFTY DAYS AND THREE
CLAU CLAU CLAUDIUS SHALL HE GIVEN BE
A GIFT...that all desire but he
>A man should keep himself clean, not have slaves do it.
>And how is he supposed to scrape his own back?
>He gets his brother to do it
>And if hasn't got a brother?
>Gets his son
>And if hasn't got a son?
>Gets his friend
>And if hasn't got a friend?
>Then he should go and hang himself
>I've tried it. Better to have a slave scrape your back.
>And don't think you can get around it by getting engaged to 9 year old girls, I know that dodge!
SNEEDVS OIPVS
WHERE ARE MY FVCKING EAGLEEEEEEES
I watched circa the first 9 episodes until all the notable historical figures had died. Don't feel any need to see the rest
You're moronic
My grandmother had this on VHS when I was a kid, I'd watch them with her whenever I went to visit. I miss her bros
It is but a short step to the ferry. A short pull across the river. And then...
Thanks anon
Claudius was just pretending to be moronic all along, bullshit
He was a sucker for pussy
>hey Claudius, if you don't want to be killed horribly by your own family make sure to pretend to be moronic!
>okay, that's good advice, thanks
This happens multiple times and as Claudius is not actually a fricking moron he listens to good counsel.
>Sea shells?!
Your emperor has returned but with this in his hand.
If you'll excuse me I must dilate myself
>cross dressing properly shown as a mental illness.
*gives the performance of a lifetime in your path*
No sejanus posts yet?
What an eccentric fellow you are
Is this kino? I like the book so far
I really enjoyed it, and I typically get filtered by older media.
Livia is kino
Caligula is kino
Claudius can be kino
It's basically a sequel to Rome (I understand it's loosely based on history so obviously, but what I mean is the shows are pretty similar actually)