Caligula with Mary Beard English Subtitles

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It was mid-afternoon
on 22nd January, 41 AD.

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In the morning, the Emperor Caligula
had been to the theatre,

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but he had a bit of a hangover,
so he decided to skip lunch

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and freshen up with a quick bath.

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That's where he was going,
all on his own, down a back alleyway

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in the palace compound, when he was
jumped by a posse of soldiers.

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The first blow to his neck, or some
said to his chin, didn't kill him.

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The next 30 or so did.

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