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@epriedane4 жыл бұрын
Conveniently committed suicide......?! Sounds like Jeffrey Epstein 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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@bryaneddy52724 жыл бұрын
I love how happy that dude with the beard and the glasses seems to be, talking about history. I love seeing people who love what they do.
@bilindalaw-morley1614 жыл бұрын
Otto M yes and it’s part of Doctor Beard’s gifts as a host/presenter that she can shut up And let others shine
@6a1aRZA2 жыл бұрын
Yeah literally a minute and stole the show haha.
@KathiWildo5 жыл бұрын
Mary Beard is fantastic with Roman history. Such an expert, and such a friendly, likeable storyteller.
@JosephDeLosSantos-t3m5 жыл бұрын
Love her too! Her storytelling is captivating and humorous at the same time.
@gleon16025 жыл бұрын
I recently finished reading her book SPQR in its entirety. Definitely a enjoyable read.
@yolamontalvan95025 жыл бұрын
Kathi - The Roman Empire are very lucky not to face the only and Greatest Empire in America, *THE INCA EMPIRE,* The Most Sophisticated Civilization on the planet which ran from Colombia to Chile (1000 AD to 1500 AD) in SOUTH AMERICA. Have they appeared 1000 BC, they would have conquered Central America, North America, Europe, Asia, Russia, and Japan. Read all about The Inca Empire.
@RS-kt6is5 жыл бұрын
I really can't stand her. From those ugly filthy nails, that gray palette hair...etc. However she is a good historian and most of all a great story teller. But I can't stand her and BoJo as well. Can't believe that douche is PM.... If Italians would know some English and be more pushy they should be lecturing people on Roman history, not the British....
@thadtuiol17174 жыл бұрын
@@RS-kt6is Actually, if YOU bothered to learn Italian then you'd know that there are plenty of Italians lecturing, writing great books and making great documentaries on Roman history. Get outside of your English bubble.
@cocopersiflage47053 жыл бұрын
Is it weird that I like to fall asleep, listening to Mary Beard? Her storytelling is comforting.
@MultiFreddy346 ай бұрын
No!
@Alice-ov3rd5 жыл бұрын
I would have loved to have Mary Beard as a professor. She really goes into depth and details.
@dandagerman66045 жыл бұрын
She really loves this stuff too, that is a good teaching tool in itself when you can read her excitement.
@BlazingPhoenix055 жыл бұрын
Agreed! I love how engaged and well versed she is. I would have learned so much in her lectures if she taught history.
@BlazingPhoenix055 жыл бұрын
@Peter Grahame I'm by no means a "Low brow Munchkin." I am very well educated and I can tell when a professor is or isn't an engaging and well-read individual. She is not dull/mediocre. She seems fun. I've had my fair share of un-engaging and dull, ill-equipped professors leaving me yawning with boredom. She knows what she's doing. She's lively and has a vitality that isn't yawn worthy.
@treintaydiez4 жыл бұрын
agreed
@TotallyLostSoul4 жыл бұрын
Aly C me too, her passion is infectious 😊
@ganderstein34265 жыл бұрын
It took me a while to understand why this documentary was so much more captivating. I realized that it was not the fascinating subject matter alone, but the hostess and her amazing story-telling is what augmented this.
@marquamfurniture5 жыл бұрын
Much of this documentary seems analogous to present day United States.
@tnt751425 жыл бұрын
Her research to find n share it. I am most thankful. Well done
@jreed13654 жыл бұрын
@@marquamfurniture you could crawl your way through ancient to recent history and see correlations at almost every turn lol It takes a certain kind of awareness And it is frankly, depressing
@tat2urface13 жыл бұрын
I too, appreciate people who might have a slight speech impediment narrating. I love guessing what they're saying.
@lseger623 жыл бұрын
@@marquamfurniture If you mean our current President and his corrupt administration (starting in 2021), I heartily agree.
@beckynelson67864 жыл бұрын
Mary Beard is top notch.Went to see her give a talk and she engaged the audience with her depth of knowledge and good humour.A very enjoyable time.Big fan.
@seecanon58405 жыл бұрын
Really appreciate how this lady presents and teaches history.
@JulieWallis19634 жыл бұрын
pammens miss you make democracy and having a mind of ones own sound like a _bad_ thing.
@Maesterful4 жыл бұрын
@pammens miss Wow you're petty
@rjjacob1013 жыл бұрын
I was just thinking the same thing. She has a true passion and is a great storyteller of history :)
@quentinmonroe19933 жыл бұрын
@@JulieWallis1963 !²
@sontayatoemsook12663 жыл бұрын
@@rjjacob101 she uses the woke BCE and CE instead of BC and AD, never watch her any more or buy her books.
@lorofcb35 жыл бұрын
I'd love to visit Rome with Mary Beard and listen to her all day. Such a great historian and fascinating woman!
@jessaguilar47474 жыл бұрын
To have one day with her in Rome would be amazing!
@SuperMarkizas3 жыл бұрын
You can, there are actually trips organised, 4 days 2k british pounds, google it.
@cerveza22973 жыл бұрын
I always say if I were a billionaire, I would have a staff of experts with me all the time to explain everything.
@DavidSmith-ki2we3 жыл бұрын
@@cerveza2297 u can be a millionier for that one.
@vaekkriinhart43473 жыл бұрын
If she's so great, why did we not hear of one single law Caligula made? No legislative ordinances were even mentioned
@HistoricAmerica4 жыл бұрын
Great documentary. As a fellow historian, the amount of time and research that went into this does not go unnoticed!
@luisferreira30915 жыл бұрын
I am a simple man, I see a Mary Beard documentary and I click it.
@DroppinJewelzz4 жыл бұрын
Luis Ferreira Here Here!
@St3veWK4 жыл бұрын
@intempify Look up "meet the romans" with Mary Beard :)
@asielnorton3454 жыл бұрын
Luis Ferreira though it surprises me how more of these people including her don’t realize that Caligula was obviously the victim of a massive smear campaign to cover up his assassination. None of these stories of sadism and perversion are credible. What we have is one history written by the assassins. Then on the other hand the people loved him. Obviously we have no idea who Caligula really was. It’s the same with all these Roman emperors, we have no idea who they really were; all we have is propaganda for good and bad.
@louduva98494 жыл бұрын
Simp.
@Jonnygurudesigns4 жыл бұрын
I like your style
@gailhandschuh11384 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate Mary Beard and her diving into the lifestyle of the Ancients. Not just surface information, but true sail life research. She also has an excellent narration style that is easy on the ears and simple to understand.
@estellavega95363 жыл бұрын
I love the unbridled passion that your presenters have...retelling the details with such joy in voice, of sharing, reliving the history, events's and people... They just pull you into their world of wonder, mystery and excitement...it is a joy!
@cynthiahawkins23895 жыл бұрын
The best gift you can give a student is to make the lesson immediate, and contemporary. Mary Beard does that in an engaging way. And viewers lean in and listen, gladly..
@terrismith96625 жыл бұрын
Indeed. I would love to have been in one of her classes. She makes history FUN.
@najamhk87675 жыл бұрын
Cynthia Hawkins wyrii
@solcutta36615 жыл бұрын
Absolutely.. She spellbound me the entire length and made a familiar subject fresh and new. Fantastic.
@pablorages12415 жыл бұрын
... and she's kinda hot
@DaDa-xi9tk5 жыл бұрын
There is a much better film on Netflix called the Roman Empire with a few episodes on Caligula.
@kryts273 жыл бұрын
Mary is an engaging scholar of ancient Rome. Her concluding remarks make sense. It was more the power structure that made Caligua, rather than the other way around. The power structure remained in place after Caligua's assassination, leading to futher power abuses under future compromised and corrupt Roman emperors (Nero, Commodus, and so on). Many of those were also assassinated.
@thenforcer48504 жыл бұрын
This is the second video on Roman History being narrated by Mary Board I've watched and the manner in which she narrates their history is amazing. She explains history inspires the viewer to research the material themselves but also causes the viewer to think. To contemplate.
@shayadayan3343 Жыл бұрын
And often, to laugh
@hreader5 жыл бұрын
I have to ask, 'Why do people need 'Game of Thrones' when we've got real life?'
@markdoldon88525 жыл бұрын
Dragons!
@mikemul38935 жыл бұрын
could be where we get most of our entertainment ides, err, ideas from.
@davescomics48245 жыл бұрын
Basically, Game of Thrones was a big budget fantasy re-working of I, Claudius!
@Machinelf5 жыл бұрын
You'd be surprised a lot of Game of Thrones is based on or inspired by real history. One for example The War of the Roses. Stark = York and Lannister = Lancaster. The Red Wedding was based on The Glencoe Massacre and the Black Dinner in Scotland.
@porkfat81095 жыл бұрын
never saw a single episode....
@r.deeblanche69394 жыл бұрын
Timeline: what the History Channel used to be.
@TheMollyPitchers4 жыл бұрын
👍👈
@carolynwilson19393 жыл бұрын
Totally
@bobfrog48363 жыл бұрын
I don't think the History Channel ever deserved the title of "history". My earliest memories of the History Channel was nonstop sensationalist and almost fetishization of the battles of WWII. We called it The War Channel.
@ccorreialoureiro3 жыл бұрын
Before aliens you mean 😅
@Jinka19503 жыл бұрын
Definitely….before the History channel became a historian revisionist. Rewrite history….most of it false…
@MrRaposaum Жыл бұрын
Mary Beard is not only an erudite historian, she's a great storyteller.
@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid8 ай бұрын
Meh. Way too into romanticizing things for my tastes. Not enough fact - too much speculation.
@gailryan1975Ай бұрын
She is great!
@bellesparks43744 жыл бұрын
I found Mary Beard and now I can't stop learning and listening to her bring history to life!!! I love her laugh, smile, sass, untamed long hair, her voice that is all hers and the fiery spirit that she uses to tell the tales. . .:)!!!
@fazbell5 жыл бұрын
Mary Beard is such a fine documentary producer. A master of the form.
@ivx83455 жыл бұрын
Yes but only if she could put SOME effort in looking a bit presentable.
@eleanormorris11584 жыл бұрын
@@ivx8345 what exactly do you mean by 'presentable?'
@fetterkater74843 жыл бұрын
@@ivx8345 f off. You wouldn't say that about a male presenter
@humanbeing24203 жыл бұрын
She's the "presenter" - not the producer.
@sarahcatherine27883 жыл бұрын
Mary Beard is a phenomenal host and overall she’s wonderfully entertaining. We need to see more of Mary Beard! She’s just so so interesting, I love everything about her.
@dalehoward37043 жыл бұрын
She has a soothing voice too (Mary Beard). It reminds me of the late Sister Wendy Becket.
@tally16046 жыл бұрын
Dr Beard is my favorite tv historian. So much knowledge and passion for history. It's contagious
@JahRandom5 жыл бұрын
I enjoy Bettany Hughes as well, but same here.
@davideaston69445 жыл бұрын
If she were contagious, she'd be spreading a complete epidemic by herself, the way her grubby hands have to smear everything she comes close to with her oily residue ... ugh!
@domenicdematteis67735 жыл бұрын
She's good and I like Tony Robinson a lot too even though he isn't an academic
@jokeherders29135 жыл бұрын
Domenic DeMatteis ,
@Alice-ov3rd5 жыл бұрын
She’s amazing! I’ve been watching a lot of documentaries with her she goes deep in depth.
@idleonlooker10785 жыл бұрын
I just LOVE Mary Beards' documentaries: They show just how much she loves her speciality - AND she imparts her deep knowledge to us ("the masses") so well!! Great stuff Professor!! 😊👍
@tnt751425 жыл бұрын
Agreed...indeed. Loved it
@pianoman5510005 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Indle, for writing the same exact sentiment I have with Dr. Beard's scholarship on ancient Rome!
@ivx83455 жыл бұрын
Yes if only she could put SOME effort in to look a bit presentable onscreen. It is about content and her knowledge and I'm not asking her to be ready to go on a catwalk, but looking at this woman that seems to be lacking basic hygiene is distracting to say the least.
@one30am5 жыл бұрын
What's not presentable about her? She looks fine.
@MissOrchid125 жыл бұрын
@@ivx8345 Basic hygiene?! How can tell anything about her personal hygiene from a screen? You sound shallow.....
@David-mh2jn3 жыл бұрын
Ms. Beard is a Beast. She is so enthralled and fascinated by the subject, that it is her very enthusiasm which draws you in, and then her knowledge and editing that hooks you. Great stuff, really great stuff
@suzyarambula11034 жыл бұрын
I would've paid more attention in school if only I had a teacher like Mary. Wow lol so enthusiastic. I love it!
@chrisholland73673 жыл бұрын
I've been out of school for many years and it was only in my mid twenties that I became interested in History of all kinds. Read an awful of books and watched too many documentaries. Mary Beard is great 👍
@mamiemonrovia76543 жыл бұрын
@@chrisholland7367 Cris I tend 2 agree with u. It's much easier to absorb info. when not distracted by ur classmates and hormones. Although I was in accelerated classes, what was known as phase 4 level, I was bored 2 tears spending most of my time in the Library. I repeated the 9th grade 3xs because I just went in the front door and out the back, if I did go it was always my science classes. Try sneaking back onto campus. ; ) Long story short I ended up having a very successful college career and graduated with honors. There is hope 4 all of us out of High School. LOL
@SweetChicagoGator3 жыл бұрын
@@chrisholland7367 She hates fashion, yet Frumpy dresser professor is entertaining and informative. Esp, on the daily life of the Roman people. Bootykins... Quite the character of his time ! 🤣
@SweetChicagoGator3 жыл бұрын
@@mamiemonrovia7654 With your record how did you manage to get a degree and in what subject? 🤪😅
@dantasticguy54353 жыл бұрын
To be honest Suzy, I think I would have been too busy paying attention to you.... maybe passing notes lol. Mary is a good teacher, I agree!
@Poemsapennyeach2 жыл бұрын
Mary Beard is such an excellent historian. She has the knack of reducing her deep serious research, into such interesting learning for the rest of us.
@yaseminplaceboful3 жыл бұрын
I have to say that unlike sooo many other history-story-tellers here in KZbin, Professor Mary Beard is a highly competent and skilled story-teller, because she does it in a way that one actually wants to listen, find it interesting and watching to the end. It is also very clear that she knows what she's talking about and she does it with ease and passion at the same time. I subscribed and liked and will see if I can find more narratived by her.
@HipiO74 жыл бұрын
Such a historical pity that both of Augustus' chosen heirs had died which left Augustus with no alternative other than Tiberius. Equally, that Germanicus died, who was seen as the perfect role model of a true Roman citizen, even more beloved than the Emperor was, and was surely destined to become a fantastic emperor, one of Rome's best without a doubt. Crazy to think how the Roman Empire would have evolved under these different, worthy successors to Augustus. He must have been rolling in his grave with everyone until Vespasian.
@leonardmoriarity70662 жыл бұрын
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@MrGiorgioud2 жыл бұрын
Claudius wasn't bad, tbh....
@danybey41822 жыл бұрын
Uh Claudius
@ellaeadig2632 жыл бұрын
"He would have been horrified to hear us calling him Caligula" OMG I can't believe Caligula doesn't want us to call him Caligula! So funny because all of us call him Caligula. This documentary on Caligula was really good at teaching me about Caligula though. It helped me learn so much about Caligula. Before I learned about Caligula I had only a small knowledge of Caligula. But now I am educated about Caligula. Caligula.
@ciscornBIG2 жыл бұрын
Stunning AND Brave. Here's why that is a good thing!
@ROCKIN-AL2 жыл бұрын
Me too
@Headroomtalking2 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #caligula
@phillipstroll73852 жыл бұрын
He was vilified just as Trump and Kennedy were. Great leaders can't be considered great. Otherwise it would show just how foolish and corrupt care politicians are. They must vilify the greats lived and adored by the citizens.
@Headroomtalking2 жыл бұрын
@@phillipstroll7385 it is not one man who is evil but all 😉 there's only one way to change that.... 😝
@borleyboo56133 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant historian, Mary Beard. Her knowledge is astounding, her documentaries riveting.
@sherrismith88746 жыл бұрын
Capri sounds like a terrifying place to be in Caligula's time, but it's visually stunning, and I'd love to visit it.
@luciferangelica6 жыл бұрын
Sherri Smith i'm tryna figure out if they built the vatican on cleopatra's house
@chrisbuxton19586 жыл бұрын
Well worth a trip. Tiberius's palace is superb.
@EASYTIGER106 жыл бұрын
My uncle had a Capri back in the early 80s. It looked OK. Wouldn't say stunning though.
@ambrosejoseph48436 жыл бұрын
I'll be there April 25-30 this spring.
@saradecapua32644 жыл бұрын
IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
@kr71494 жыл бұрын
Mary Beard and Mary Berry. Two of my favorite ladies from across the pond!!! Both have such an engaging way about them, great speakers and teachers!!! Long live the Mary B's !!!
@dalehoward37043 жыл бұрын
I love them too!!
@cyrilmatsoukas48042 жыл бұрын
Most detailed and well researched documentary I've ever seen. I love it! The narrator lady has really painted a picture with her voice. Need to have more historical docs narrated by Mary.
@Rubicon19545 жыл бұрын
17:00 - It isn't just Rome. This has gone on everywhere when power is to be had. Am I the only one to be thinking of the Wars of the Roses and the Princes in the Tower?
@kathiedevall55604 жыл бұрын
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@loveworld24165 жыл бұрын
Dr. Beard is so good, explains things well, so expressive. I love her lessons. I love watching her share her knowledge.
@kurtmortimore37782 жыл бұрын
Best Roman Doc I’ve seen. Mary beard is phenomenal
@stationplaza46315 жыл бұрын
Sometimes, I just wonder if Caligula might not have been such a bad guy. In truth we may never know for certain. After all his enemies were hardly going to write glowing accounts of him for the history books.
@jeanhartely4 жыл бұрын
I've often wondered the same thing. Even his detractors admit that he was popular with the people.
@casacara4 жыл бұрын
@@jeanhartely you'll find even history's greatest monsters had their adoring fans
@jeanhartely4 жыл бұрын
@@casacara True. We don't need to look to the past to see that!
@vilwarin56354 жыл бұрын
True, but at the same time I wonder what he do to only survive 3 years as emperor. Was he a monster? Or was he trying to change Roman political system for good?
@jeanhartely4 жыл бұрын
@@vilwarin5635 I don't know if Caligula had any grand plans for national improvements. The thing was, he offended the aristocracy and that's why he was murdered. The Roman aristocracy wasn't noted for its democratic ideals. They didn't mind a despot if he was *their* despot. Caligula was a loose cannon, too uncontrollable for them.
@nikki08174 жыл бұрын
She’s the most Interesting person to learn from, so animated and genuinely excited to share her knowledge!👍❤️
@infinite39953 жыл бұрын
Nothing beats listening about a topic from a professional that truly has a passion for what they know and want to share with others What do you think?
@envitech023 жыл бұрын
Never knew ancient Roman history can be so interesting when narrated by Mary Beard. She is such an amazing storyteller!!
@CoffinBanger3 жыл бұрын
Mary Beard is great, if you like her look for stuff with Bettany Hughes as well, shes similarly engaging.
@envitech023 жыл бұрын
Tqvm V. Just viewed Bettany Hughes. Quite engaging. Tqvm!!
@upaya306 жыл бұрын
"They hate us 'cuz they ain't us." - Caligula
@Tyleya5 жыл бұрын
upaya30 😂😂😂😂
@ericcarlson37465 жыл бұрын
they hate us then they stabbed us 50 times and killed our wife and baby
@drspaseebo4105 жыл бұрын
That doesn't rhyme in Latin, so he would not have said that ! Rhyme nullum latine.
@stuartewoldt15135 жыл бұрын
@Liberty Tree I'm sorry you have to live in Seattle with that group of idiots
@jasonbrophy55675 жыл бұрын
"make me a senator" Incitatus
@TheTeacher10206 жыл бұрын
I would love to travel to Italy with Dr. Beard as my “tour guide.”
@michaelchisholm34695 жыл бұрын
Or is she narrated your trip to Italy
@sarahmillard64014 жыл бұрын
Necroglobule it is much rarer to use gloves to handle old documents nowadays. The natural oils present in human skin are actually good for animal skin-based documents such as vellum and parchment, and you are more likely to damage old documents with gloves on as you haven’t got the same sensitivity of touch. You can get dirt and dust on gloves just the same as hands, too.
@ktwashere56374 жыл бұрын
there is a fabulous documentary that was on tv in the UK earlier this year where she was bootling about Italy in an open top sports car. I love her.
@yolakin82104 жыл бұрын
If more History teachers taught like this lady, fewer people would be so ignorant of the past.
@oldishandwoke-ish11812 жыл бұрын
If learning was more valued in our celebrity-fixated, click bait times ....
@gearheadsltd55902 жыл бұрын
It’s not a matter of teacher but what the government allows to teach …..
@seltonk51362 жыл бұрын
I don't care about history . The world was nothing until Chewbacca Mom
@philvalz5 жыл бұрын
The saying "Just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you." comes to mind then hearing about his story.
@razz0rric1064 жыл бұрын
Mary Beard is the best and most informative historian I have ever listened to
@jesseslay69184 жыл бұрын
I could literally listen to miss professor Mary Beard talk about anything history. She is truly genius!
@billding70735 жыл бұрын
Mary Beard brings Caligula's Rome to life.
@panismith15444 жыл бұрын
The nightmare reign...
@commonsense21566 жыл бұрын
This lady's voice is gold love it
@firenze55553 жыл бұрын
John Hurt was the quintessential Emperor Caligula in "I, Claudius." He was brilliant and captured the madness!
@bp66393 жыл бұрын
I don't think he played Caligula. He was Claudius I think
@firenze55553 жыл бұрын
Derek Jacobi played the Emperor Claudius. John Hurt played the Emperor Caligula.
@bossdog14803 жыл бұрын
@@firenze5555 Great actor too.
@dalehoward37043 жыл бұрын
I agree; they say that Malcolm McDowell was pretty darn good too but there was NO WAY I would of been allowed to see that (rated X).
@doodlegassum69593 жыл бұрын
Are you sure that you are old enough to hold this opinion?
@northernzeus7684 жыл бұрын
Mary Beard is so enjoyable to listen to. A true professional with a sense of humor and just the right amount of drama. Just the best.
@johnfrancis22155 жыл бұрын
Mary is brilliant, we need more of her on TV, producers take note, never boring with an impish sense of humour and fabulous new take on history, im a fan obviously
@michaelr.williams81762 жыл бұрын
Even in todays world news media shy away from documentary like this it exspose evil doers in to days society and government for devide and controll for power. In the same form and matter
@ROCKIN-AL2 жыл бұрын
If I'd had Mary as a professor I'd have learned much more, her presentation is excellent
@bangbangninergang75734 жыл бұрын
Rome fascinates me so much, I first visited this city in 2011 then in 2013 and finally in 2017. To this day I have not fully explored the city. I love it's intermingling of ancient history in the middle of modern life, just simply amazing. I always say that back home in America we see history behind glass or displays, Rome is an open air museum of a city with so much transcendental history even to the US. I stayed really close to Horti Lamiani in 2011 and walked in this park not knowing completely its history. Thanks #Timeline-WorldHistoryDocumentaries.
@vasp994 жыл бұрын
It's been nearly two thousand years since anyone has been as nice to Caligula as Dame Mary is.
@tomaxe3873 жыл бұрын
This was absolutely fascinating, Mary really kept me engaged throughout
@solcutta36615 жыл бұрын
The most spellbinding narrator. This subject that's so familiar to me was made fresh and fascinating. She truly is a wondrous historian. Impeccable.
@solcutta36613 жыл бұрын
Back for another view of my favourite Roman ruler. The mysteries of life lead one to wonder whether this man has walked the earth in some kind of reincarnation..or whether he has been dead aeons.
@TerryB7515 жыл бұрын
Great documentary. Amazing that the statues always seem to depict the emperors with wavy boyish hair no matter their age, even if they were a lot older than Caligula. I suppose the emperors always had to be pleased with the final result or the sculptor would be found at the bottom of a cliff somewhere.
@darlamae98763 жыл бұрын
I’ve thought the same thing!
@biancacherry70593 жыл бұрын
the original facetune lol
@firenze55553 жыл бұрын
Absolutely agree. The ancient version of Photoshop. Michelangelo was said to have done the same thing with the Medici statues - making them look much more handsome and buff than the real counterparts.
@AA-wd2or3 жыл бұрын
Mary's intusiasm and her love to Rome do all historic stories and facts 10 times more intersting and even super fun to experience.
@bpkolos19744 жыл бұрын
Mrs. Beard is such a brilliant TV host! I enjoy watching every single episode. Top stuff!
@Thomas-fu8vp5 жыл бұрын
Ms. Beard is simply the best!Being able to educate us so coherently, concisely, factually and passionately is her great talent. Bravissima bravissima Prof. ssa Beard!
@luciano97555 жыл бұрын
Not so factually tbh. Most of what she talks about in this documentary are mere rumors and propaganda (i.e., the perversion that took place in Capri)
@Thomas-fu8vp4 жыл бұрын
@@luciano9755 bunga bunga.
@geoffreybennett89123 жыл бұрын
History is written by the winner in battle and the rich and powerful.Always has been,always will be.Her presentation and her vast knowledge of the subject is what makes it "come to life" as well as the use of brilliant C.G.I. and visual display to capture the imagination of even the most distracted listener.
@richardmartinez50326 жыл бұрын
I love Mary Beard's exuberance and enthusiasm! Absolutely contagious in the best of ways, makes me eager to learn more about anything and everything. And yes, 'Goldenboy Caligula Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus' thought very highly of himself in his twisted psychopathic narcissism. I imagine him with a sadistic sneering lisp subtle, pleasing and deadly treacherous, maybe like an empowered Andrew Cunanan. Roman history is fascinating for its literature, social complexities, art, architecture and the science that enabled many of The Roman Empire's technical accomplishments. How much greater and longer lasting might the Roman Empire have been if they had possessed the concept of '0'?
@gailhandschuh11384 жыл бұрын
You don’t need to be a university scholar to understand and appreciate Mary Beard’s narrations. Her wandering off the main line frequently is a path to further information and discovery. Poor Caligula was raised in a violent time by an ambitious and war loving father and a cold power hungry mother. Poor guy didn’t have a chance to be normal.
@Esuper13 жыл бұрын
Some would say that this is what human nature is left to its own devices and with nothing to check its excesses. I tend to believe that.
@antonpernes1942 жыл бұрын
Alarm
@OLDGREGG3152 жыл бұрын
"ambitious and war loving father"? If anything the sources depict him as the opposite. When Tiberius came to power and a mutiny of the legions occurred they tried to give Germanicus the role of emperor instead, to which he literally took out his sword and threatened to kill himself rather than betray Tiberius. It is clear by the honours and powers that Tiberius bestowed on Germanicus that he trusted him, judging from the sources he was an honourable man and loved deeply by the people. "cold power hungry mother"? Agrippina is one of the only females in the imperial family that Tacitus doesn't go in to detail about how cruel and power hungry they are, and that is saying something as Tacitus takes ANY opportunity to bring up rumours of women manipulating things and killing people. As far as the sources and evidence go both of Caligula's parents were loved by the people and honourable examples in deeply troubled times. Unless you are referencing some cynical modern historian's perspective who sides with Tiberius and claims all of his victims were secretly enemies then I don't know where you got these notions of Germanicus and Agrippina.
@fer_nanda45092 жыл бұрын
@@OLDGREGG315 women in power are horrible and corrupt, thats the point Most of them were thots with a lot of lovers and with corrupted power
@connieboozer98573 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed watching this so much. Mary Beard has a charming, down to earth way of presenting the past. Thank you 😊💓
@tricivenola81644 жыл бұрын
For dessert, check out the 1970s BBC production of "I, Claudius," with John Hurt as Caligula and Derek Jacobi in the title role.
@loraross35984 жыл бұрын
AMEN! I, Claudius is my MOST favorite BBC series! I was lucky enough to see and meet Sir Derek in 1984 when the RSC was in NYC!
@marydavis18604 жыл бұрын
The best! John Hurt at first declined the offer to play Caligula until he was invited to meet the cast. Thankfully, he changed his mind.
@billtomson57914 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite TV series.
@k3vinhayne4 жыл бұрын
Trici Venola a true classic!
@wendischofield3524 жыл бұрын
I watched it as a kid. Frightened the bejesus out of me!
@reinadegrillos6 жыл бұрын
She is so good, so expresive. I love her lessons.
@jamesreuben54305 жыл бұрын
i know i love her
@ptownzfinest123453 жыл бұрын
This woman is really good in telling history. My 3rd video in a roll.. Great storytelling!
@mityahubenkeshet4 жыл бұрын
Mary Beard is to Ancient History what David Attenborough is to nature. What David Starkey and Lucy Worsley are to British History All four are British national treasures. Makes me proud to be Canadian and part of the Commonwealth.
@elizabethsims63533 жыл бұрын
I am American and I maybe daft but I wish we had lost Revolutionary War. As my hero Winston Churchill said the English speaking peoples. I too feel that I am a part of the Empire. I wanted to teach English but failed to get my Doctorate. History is not boring if taught with the passion of Miss Beard.
@tomfarrelly45523 жыл бұрын
Love being Irish and knowing the history of what the British done to us, makes me glad we left the Commonwealth
@brettrose2953 жыл бұрын
@@elizabethsims6353 tytttttttttg try
@mrblackmamba1173 жыл бұрын
@@tomfarrelly4552 lmfao yes. Good riddance.
@xavierbeurre80642 жыл бұрын
What about Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb? I love watching her documentaries on killer (literally) stuff of the Victorian and Edwardian era! XD
@vintagebrew10576 жыл бұрын
Mary Beard is a national treasure!! No one can bring the old Romano's to life like this lady. I could watch any programme of hers every day. Love her show about Pompeii. Thanks.
@alanamanzoro013 жыл бұрын
Mary Beard should present every historical doc ever made. So delightful to hear her and how she expresses her passion for the subject. Fantastic!
@CrueMagnon4 жыл бұрын
Mary Beard could talk about the life of a snail and make it interesting & exciting. Gotta love her!!
@Wargasm6443 жыл бұрын
About 17 years ago my wife was pregnant with my son. Another female coworker was also pregnant. I walked into the office at work one day. She asked me, “have you thought of a name for your baby?” I responded (with a straight face) “I think we’ve settled on Caligula!” She looked at me in absolute horror. 🤣 I then broke character and told her I was just joking. I don’t think she enjoyed the joke as well as I did.
@mrssmith38724 жыл бұрын
I'd love to meet this woman. She shares my passion for history and I love that!!
@delavalmilker5 жыл бұрын
What makes this particular history documentary so good? No cheesy "re-enactments".
@ananyalal79504 жыл бұрын
Dressing your son in miniature adult clothes...what a mommy thing to do! I guess it never gets old.
@andrewstephen90963 жыл бұрын
It makes me almost feel bad for Caligula....almost..
@taebundy6583 жыл бұрын
This is my 4th time watching this episode and I still stifle a giggle hearing “Emperor Dittums”. Love it.
@traceymarshall58683 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love your mix of history sprinkled with a tad of comedy. You make learning fun and obviously are a well-learned and well-educated woman that 'knows her stuff!' Thank you!
@cryptomnesiac6 жыл бұрын
People still don't realize how fragile history is, even in the modern day.
@Dako1085 жыл бұрын
I know, history could break at any moment.
@missnorthumbria36584 жыл бұрын
Especially when it has been subverted
@conantheseptuagenarian38244 жыл бұрын
@@missnorthumbria3658 true. even she's very cynical in her descriptions. sickness of modernity.
@didimean4 жыл бұрын
Especially when a bunch of ignorant children are trying to destroy and rewrite it.
@MACRStratum4 жыл бұрын
@@didimean Pol Pot all over again.
@princeeverlove3 жыл бұрын
Prof. Mary is so passionate about her craft and profession! Deep Respect/Honor!👨🏻🙏🏻
@djdennis65475 жыл бұрын
Exception narration by Professor Mary Beard. One of the best historical documentaries I have seen for a while :)
@shanenoel12704 жыл бұрын
Mary Mary, Mary! She makes even the most historically challenged person want to know more. She is a wonderful historian. I spent 3 weeks in Italy. Wish I could followed her around. I see that I missed so much! : - (
@reeniem63982 жыл бұрын
I love how excited Mary Beard is when sharing history with her audience. Absolutely brilliant.
@benitasteffan74045 жыл бұрын
Wish she was my history teacher in school. Love her enthusiasm and love of it.👍❤️
@johnfrancis22155 жыл бұрын
Me too
@mrangel80094 жыл бұрын
Me too
@howdyradio9345 жыл бұрын
Watching + learning from NSW Australia. Thank you for the upload Timeline WHD
@santyago42 жыл бұрын
A beautiful presentation of the emperor Caligula. Mary Beard outdoes herself in this timeline. Kudos!!!
@brianbarcus58534 жыл бұрын
I love the Mary Beard documentaries, she's great!
@safetcucaj3855 жыл бұрын
God bless you for bringing Caligula to life. Your excellent excitement made listening very pleasing. Thank you. Please do more
@JahRandom2 жыл бұрын
Just so everyone knows, Mary has a new book out called "Twelve Caesars". I haven't read it yet, myself, but I do own her other books, "SPQR", and have seen everything she's a part of on KZbin. So, with all that in mind, I can safely tell you to buy the new book.
@blondthought51755 жыл бұрын
John Hurt as Caligula in "I, Claudius"--one of the funniest things I've ever witnessed.
@Ferda19644 жыл бұрын
that was a wonderful show and Derek Jacobi is brilliant as he always is
@Kpink4524 жыл бұрын
Blond Thought yes indeed that was an incredible series .
@MissBee134 жыл бұрын
cosmicVox13 all my yikes. I still have nightmares of John hurt in the gold lamé bikini. Well... also that “choose your own adventure” scene involving Drusilla.
@justiceadams66234 жыл бұрын
Where can I found it
@DJ-ct6so3 жыл бұрын
@@justiceadams6623 Here is the first of (if I recall correctly) 12 episodes kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZfbpWywgMqBgpY John Hurt's Caligula makes his appearance somewhere around episode 5 or 6.
@elaineadams39923 жыл бұрын
Mary Beard, you are a legend! I so enjoy your intelligent informed programmes. They helped me revise for my Licensed Guide exam in Rome. Thanks so much.
@harrietharlow99292 жыл бұрын
Always love a Roman documentary with Mary Beard hosting. Caligula really was some piece of work. Not sure who was worse--Caligula or Nero. Ancient Rome is a fascinating subject and Mary Beard brings it to life for me.
@jenguillen74815 жыл бұрын
I giggle every time she calls him "Bootykins"!!!! ... Emperor Diddums
@Albukhshi4 жыл бұрын
As long as she doesn't start calling him "goat" (or just mention goats). Apparently, when he was alive, that was a great way to die...
@michaelfant40523 жыл бұрын
@@Albukhshi Hope America has someone to explain the sickness of Trump and whom went along with. Be safe......we are dying in Amreica and President Joe Biden trying to stop it.
@spannaspinna3 жыл бұрын
@@michaelfant4052 so this is a documentary about Ancient Rome why would you place a retarded comment about politics in here
@celestialporcupine59223 жыл бұрын
@@michaelfant4052 Lol. Baaahahahahaa goes the sheep.
@pppexplorer5 жыл бұрын
This is a wonderful documentary.
@c.f.sedgwick18853 жыл бұрын
How is it possible that 1600 people didn't like this? Mary Beard is an awesome historian and teacher. You almost have to be brain dead not to like her documentaries.
@xr6lad4 жыл бұрын
Mary needs to do more documentaries. I've seen all the ones on KZbin
@USNVET6 жыл бұрын
Always liked this documentary. After seeing I, Claudius on PBS as a kid, I've been fascinated by Caligula.
@worfoz6 жыл бұрын
After seeing I, Claudius on PBS as a kid and that Tinto Brass after I was a kid... "I have existed from the morning of the world and I shall exist until the last star falls from the night. Although I have taken the form of Gaius Caligula, I am all men as I am no man and therefore I am... a God."
@timoneil5446 жыл бұрын
I saw I, Claudius as a young kid too, same result for me. I was amazed by Derek Jacobi then, still am.
@ianclarke36276 жыл бұрын
Shawn M I got the DVD for Christmas, marvellous to rewatch as an adult
@USNVET6 жыл бұрын
Ian Clarke I still have the boxed VHS set from decades ago. I watch it every few years. Nobody does Caligula like the late Sir John Hurt.
@ianclarke36276 жыл бұрын
Shawn M true ,John hurt has some catalogue to be watched and re-watched like 10 Rillington place , the elephant man , I Claudius and the naked civil servant. Marvellous actor .
@honeyvitagliano32273 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful documentary on Caligula. It really makes you wonder, had you been brought up in such a barbaric fashion, would you have turned out so different? I’d wager, you would not. Nurture versus nature most times they go hand and hand Bravo Mary Beard and Timeline for bringing Caligula’s story to life 💞🙏🏻
@vaekkriinhart43473 жыл бұрын
If we were all brought up the same way as Caligula, then we would be Caligula, no? So, u pointed out the obvious. This lady did not even mention any of Caligula's laws he made. No mention of any legislation and WHY they murdered him. She says the people liked Caligula, but gives no reasons at all for this- nor backs it up with any evidence. It's LACKING
@hanklauzon60322 жыл бұрын
@@vaekkriinhart4347 I noticed the same thing
@jamespfp6 жыл бұрын
37:30 -- The Joke of the Horse Consulship is really rather obvious -- *EQUESTRIANS* being a sub-class of Roman aristocracy. Therefore, elevating the horse over the pretentious horse owners is perhaps hilarious.
@yankee26666 жыл бұрын
In addition to their military status and recognition, the equite or equestrian was a social class a notch below the senate,...highly regarded. Your sub-class designation is completely false, as is your take on the possible intended humor.
@jamespfp6 жыл бұрын
@@yankee2666 *LULZ* Srsly though, if there is more than one class, we can call *ALL* of them "sub-classes" in general, without implying any other form of hierarchy. SO -- the *real* question about this joke remains the same, which is better, the man or the horse he's riding on? #GetFookedM8
@Perririri5 жыл бұрын
It's like making a moggy a Pharoah !!
@jamespfp5 жыл бұрын
@Psycho Killer Etymology doesn't care about what I Assert; but, it tells me that EQUESTRIANS refers to something. SO YEAH. Etymology doesn't care about what YOU assert, either.
@timothymoore63415 жыл бұрын
It was said that Caligula slept with not only his youngest sister, but also with Aggripina and Livilla his other two sisters.
@ria16364 жыл бұрын
A baseless rumour probably as part of the smear campaign. No wonder Caligula was close to his sisters considering what happened to the rest of his family.
@bigalsnow81993 жыл бұрын
I see. So now everything that was said about " little Boots 👢 " were Baseless rumors 🙄. Just because you're enemies wrote about you doesn't mean they only wrote lies and rumors. Also all rumors aren't lies...many ( if not most) have a bases in truth. And finally, what if we suppose that the main reason that only you're enemies wrote about a particular person is because they had Slain all their friends? After all...when a psycopothy becomes emperor and is finally done with his killings...who is left? Who indeed?
@cleonRIP5 жыл бұрын
I was first introduced to Caligula through the Penthouse produced classic. Probably doesn't even touch how insane the guy truly was. Funny note, I'm 28 as well!
@humongousfungusamongus38715 жыл бұрын
I have owned the X rated version of Penthouses "Caligula," with Malcolm McDowell, & Helen Mirren for decades now. 😂😂😂 I love it!
@NorceCodine3 жыл бұрын
Yes I am sure Mary Beard appreciates that she's competing with a pornographic magazine!