tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post5509492411551910780..comments2024-03-29T07:22:38.372+00:00Comments on Pop Classics: I, Claudius: Some JusticeJuliettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-12594206226760696492012-08-30T12:52:32.072+01:002012-08-30T12:52:32.072+01:00You forgot the legendary George Pravda as Gershon!...You forgot the legendary George Pravda as Gershon! For about two minutes.Gaius Herpus Aderpushttp://2sunsmagazine.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-50020269967273814712009-08-16T13:51:51.471+01:002009-08-16T13:51:51.471+01:00I didn't know Cesare Maccari's painting wa...I didn't know Cesare Maccari's painting was now in the Senate. A nice touch!David J. Newsomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112393458699359676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-60107627825528480612009-08-16T12:24:52.531+01:002009-08-16T12:24:52.531+01:00Yes, you're right, it was Caligula. Which make...Yes, you're right, it was Caligula. Which makes me wonder why the conversation about being loved vs being feared is put in the reign of Tiberius - possibly just so that Livia can baost about Augustus' ability to acheive both.Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-7400786944293548812009-08-16T12:15:24.314+01:002009-08-16T12:15:24.314+01:00It's a pity they skipped over the early years ...It's a pity they skipped over the early years of Tiberius' reign. They could have had some good scenes of him sneering at the senate for their crawling and flattery. But I believe the <i>oderint dum metuant</i> line was Caligula's, not Tiberius'.<br /><br />Young Caligula is certainly difficult to assess historically, but I don't think there's anything to suggest that he was so disturbed this young. There is some suggestion that he "helped" Tiberius die in Suetonius, but he appears to have been very popular prior to his illness. Tacitus says Macro ordered the murder, but his description of Caligula's reign is lost. (That lost section covering all of Caligula and the first six years of Claudius is probably second on my list of lost texts I'd like to see found -- after Sulla's autobiography.)<br /><br />It's odd watching something like this and seeing so many actors who have played iconic roles of one sort or another. Sometimes it's hard to appreciate their work here. If you keep waiting for Sejanus to slap his chest and start talking to people who aren't there or something to burst out of adult Caligula's chest, it's hard to really immerse yourself in the narrative. Most appropriate to this episode, of course, would be for Claudius to some rare plant on Germanicus' body and use it to uncover the real killer (while helping the young lovers get together, of course.)DemetriosXnoreply@blogger.com