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re: Was Caligula truly mad? Was he really crazy?
Posted on 12/28/17 at 9:33 pm to prplhze2000
Posted on 12/28/17 at 9:33 pm to prplhze2000
Some historians think he had temporal lobe epilepsy, hyperthyroidism or Wilson’s disease, an inherited disorder that can cause mental instability. He also was drinking out of lead cups which probably didn't help.
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Posted on 12/28/17 at 9:37 pm to prplhze2000
Dude was absolutely bat shite crazy. He was good until he was poisoned. He recovered, but he realized he wasn’t immortal and then lost his shite. Had family executed and exiled. I think it all messed him up mentally and he lost his mind. And the crazier shite that he did, the more his sanity was declining.
Posted on 12/28/17 at 9:56 pm to Champagne
Much like it will be in 100 yrs and people look back on today. They will use what they find to there advantage and what they find will be very one sided. Funny how history can dramatically change in 50yrs.
Posted on 12/28/17 at 10:01 pm to prplhze2000
Nuttier than an outhouse rat.
Posted on 12/28/17 at 10:03 pm to prplhze2000
I think the craziest actions attributed to him were exaggerations by his rivals to tarnish his legacy, such as him allegedly ordering his troops to march against the sea and to collect sea shells. One theory is that when his armies reached the shores of the English Channel, they mutinied and refused to cross and invade England. Since he could not afford to "decimate" his army (the traditional Roman penalty for a mutiny was to kill one tenth of the men), he agreed not to invade Britain, but forced them to collect sea shells as a shaming punishment for their insolence.
As for his apparent blood lust, to me, it just seems like brutality with a purpose. He was doing what he saw as necessary to hold onto power, and in most cases, it was absolutely necessary. That's just the way Romans did things back then.
As for his apparent blood lust, to me, it just seems like brutality with a purpose. He was doing what he saw as necessary to hold onto power, and in most cases, it was absolutely necessary. That's just the way Romans did things back then.
Posted on 12/28/17 at 10:05 pm to jbgleason
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Doesn’t matter, had lots and lots of sex?
Yeah but wasn’t most of it with his sister?
Posted on 12/28/17 at 10:07 pm to LSUtigerMD
It's very true. Politicized Historians are the worst. No matter whether the politics agrees with me or not, it's fraud to twist or spin History to suit a political agenda of the current day.
But it's been going on for centuries. Is it true that Shakespeare's play "Richard III" portrays R.III in a decidedly negative light for political reasons? Of course, a play is not History, but, even today, many fools will watch a Hollywood film and believe that they are watching History. Wouldn't the 16th Century English commoners be even more convinced that a work of fiction would be actual History?
But it's been going on for centuries. Is it true that Shakespeare's play "Richard III" portrays R.III in a decidedly negative light for political reasons? Of course, a play is not History, but, even today, many fools will watch a Hollywood film and believe that they are watching History. Wouldn't the 16th Century English commoners be even more convinced that a work of fiction would be actual History?
Posted on 12/28/17 at 10:24 pm to Duke
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Caligula gets power, makes some reasonable decisions that are politically expedient, then gets sick/poisoned and comes back with a boner for exicutions.
Pretty good argument for the crazy.
This is usually what I find. It sounds like he had encephalitis which caused his outrageous behavior.
Posted on 12/28/17 at 10:33 pm to Darth_Vader
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Doesn’t matter, had lots and lots of sex?
Yeah but wasn’t most of it with his sister?
It seems likely to have been slander against him.
Posted on 12/28/17 at 10:35 pm to prplhze2000
I think it was a combination of bad genes and the effects of drinking from lead water lines
Posted on 12/28/17 at 10:49 pm to Champagne
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For example, British wartime propaganda for both World Wars has affected our historical interpretation of some issues arising out of both World Wars. This affect continues even to today, 2017.
Why don't you just come right out and say it, Golden Nugget
Posted on 12/28/17 at 10:54 pm to GulfstreamTiger
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the effects of drinking from lead water lines
Wouldn't that have affected all of Rome?
Posted on 12/28/17 at 11:24 pm to prplhze2000
Relevant questions today for sure
Posted on 12/28/17 at 11:28 pm to prplhze2000
Caligula was literally Hitler.
Posted on 12/28/17 at 11:31 pm to prplhze2000
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Caligula
Posted on 12/28/17 at 11:34 pm to XLIVsaints
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Some historians think he had temporal lobe epilepsy, hyperthyroidism or Wilson’s disease, an inherited disorder that can cause mental instability. He also was drinking out of lead cups which probably didn't help.
He also is thought to have had tertiary syphylis, which can affect the brain. Caligula was extremely sexually active for his entire life, with men as frequently as with women. He also engaged in bestiality. It can be said that he was a sick fricker.
Posted on 12/28/17 at 11:54 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
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Porter Osborne Jr
Was Caligula truly mad? Was he really crazy?
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the effects of drinking from lead water lines
Wouldn't that have affected all of Rome
Consider what a luxury it was for its time, very expensive and only for the elite. So yes it would have an effect on more just him, but isolated to a particular group. I have read about it in the past and will try to get you a source with information.
Update
As usual there is much debate on the subject like every other subject. But it is generally now known that Rome used lead 200 years earlier than thought, that lead was used in the wine making process in a fairly high dose, used in cooking vessels, used in powder form and rubbed on the inside of the woman's vagina as a birth control device in many instances along with a long list of other uses. Plus of course the lead water pipe. So who knows really.
This post was edited on 12/29/17 at 12:08 am
Posted on 12/29/17 at 3:35 am to prplhze2000
Caligula was literally Hitler. He just wanted to make Rome Great Again.
Posted on 12/29/17 at 7:11 am to prplhze2000
If I recall correctly, he was one of the original arse eaters. Got the whole arse eating trend started. Does not get the credit he so rightly deserves
Posted on 12/29/17 at 7:13 am to prplhze2000
i thought he just had a bunch of orgies?
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