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Rome, AD 37. The emperor is dying. No-one knows how long he has left. The power struggle has begun. When the ailing Tiberius thrusts Caligula's family into the imperial succession in a bid to restore order, he will change the fate of the empire and create one of history's most infamous tyrants, Caligula. But was Caligula really a monster? Forget everything you think you know. Let Livilla, Caligula's youngest sister and confidante, tell you what really happened.

In this book about Rome’s most infamous emperor, expert author, Stephen Dando-Collins chronicles all the palace intrigues and murders that led to Caligula becoming emperor, and details the horrors of his manic reign and the murderous consequences brought about at the hand of his sister Agrippina the Younger, his uncle Claudius and his nephew Nero.

En septembre 2002, Frémeaux & Associés et l'Ina (Institut national de l'audiovisuel), en accord avec Gallimard, mettent pour la première fois à la disposition du public le texte intégral de "l'Etranger" d'Albert Camus. C'est à l'initiative de Michel Polac que nous présentons aujourd'hui la pièce maîtresse de l'œuvre théâtrale d'Albert Camus.

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, the third Roman Emperor, is better known by another name: Caligula, a name synonymous with decadence, cruelty and madness. His reign was marked by excess, huge building projects, the largest gladiatorial battles Rome was ever to see – men and animals killed in their hundreds – conspiracies, assassination attempts and sexual scandal.

The emperor Caligula was one of the strangest and cruelest rulers that ever lived, and most of what is known about his reign comes from Suetonius. The first six months of his reign appear to have been moderate and successful; but after that, he fell into a spiral of sadism, sexual perversity, and plain insanity that made him one of the most hated tyrants of all time.

La terrible historia de Calígula, el último César de la afamada gens Julia, y sin dudas, el más degenerado. Todo lo tuvo, todo lo quiso, y aún en su condición de César no halló nunca paz para su desatinado corazón. A este lúgubre personaje de la época romana (año 30) debe este audiolibro pues, su razón de ser.

Les Presses Universitaires de France et Frémeaux & Associés proposent cette biographie de Caligula par Nicolas Tran, professeur à l'université de Poitiers et spécialiste de l'Empire romain aux premiers siècles de notre ère. Caligula est un empereur romain tristement célèbre. Il incarne un modèle de tyran, depuis l'Antiquité jusqu'à nos jours. Il est intéressant d'analyser la violence attribuée à cet empereur comme un révélateur de tensions politiques et institutionnelles propres au régime impérial durant le premier siècle de son histoire.

A six part series exploring the making, and remaking, of 1980s Caligula, one of the most reviled, star-studded, and universally discussed XXX films ever made. Using new and recently uncovered interviews, never-before-heard on set audio, and stories from the people who watched the disaster unfold fist hand, it's a tale too crazy to be fiction.The original trailer said "No rumor could match the reality." They didn't know the half of it.

Two Gen X BFFs apply their considerable book-nerd skills to analyze Showtime's Yellowjackets.

Calígula, el emperador romano al que se recuerda como sinónimo de la depravación, sigue motivando curiosidad y polémicas entre los historiadores. Más allá de otros aspectos de su gobierno –reformas, expansión militar– lo más llamativo sobre él pasa por la ristra de anécdotas sobre su sexualidad desenfrenada, los crímenes por diversión y el supuesto intento de hacer que su caballo fuera nombrado cónsul. Todo mientras levantaba un culto religioso en torno de su persona.

Caligula : tyran épouvantable et énigme irrésolue. Après un début de règne prospère et paisible, cet Empereur fut pris d'un revirement soudain, pour se montrer d'une cruauté allant jusqu'au sadisme. Il commit l'inceste avec ses sœurs, menaça de nommer son cheval consul pour humilier ses opposants politiques, accumula assassinats et exils avec un plaisir non dissimulé, tout en menant des projets d'une extravagance incroyable.

Caligula’s father was a beloved military leader, so the Romans were initially glad to see his son take the throne, but Suetonius recounts the less flattering aspects of Caligula’s life and rule that followed his ascension. The narcissistic Caligula believed he was a god, and often replaced the busts of deities with his own. A devoted fan of gladiator fights, he also often had people assassinated, covered up the deed, and then claimed the deceased had committed suicide. Suetonius concludes this biography by detailing the omens that foreshadowed Caligula’s eventual assassination.

¿Quiso Julio César, el gran conquistador de las Galias y de las mujeres de sus enemigos y aliados, coronarse rey de Roma? ¿Fue Augusto, enfermizo y acomplejado, un gobernante maquiavélico? ¿Cómo se convirtió Tiberio en un tirano estrafalario recluido en la isla de Capri? ¿Qué enfermedad mental aquejó a Calígula para que llegara a convertirse en un dios psicópata? ¿Era Claudio tan estúpido como le pintan sus contemporáneos?

Anthony Jeselnik brings his signature dark and twisted point of view to this extended and uncensored special. He holds nothing back, routinely saying things most wouldn't ever dare. Anthony is not for the easily offended or humorless.