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Contrary to the portrayals in two different movies, I did not murder my father. And contrary to the portrayals in those same films, although I was murdered, it was not in front of a cheering crowd.
Not who I had in mind, but I admit the description I used also fits him. However, the only Caligula portrayal I have seen is the one in "I, Claudius", where indeed they portray Caligua speeding up his father's death, they do not portray Caligua perishing in front of a cheering crowd. If there are two Caligua movies out there which depict both of the events I mentioned, I have not seen them.
Both of the movies I reference were theatrical hits.
I appended Beatrice Cenci as you were replyng to the original. Just wanted to bring that to your attention, in case you missed it.
The poser requires a knowledge of film scenarios, which falls outside the scope of history. Almost everybody did not kill their father and did not die before a cheering crowd, but to answer the question, one would have to know about the apocryphal screenplays that mitakenly portrayed this non=historical version.
I appended Beatrice Cenci as you were replyng to the original. Just wanted to bring that to your attention, in case you missed it.
The poser requires a knowledge of film scenarios, which falls outside the scope of history. Almost everybody did not kill their father and did not die before a cheering crowd, but to answer the question, one would have to know about the apocryphal screenplays that mitakenly portrayed this non=historical version.
No, not Beareice Cenci.
As I noted, the films referenced were both huge popular hits, I'm confident that most posters to a history board have seen one or both. One of them won a big pile of Oscars.
Commodus is correct. Both "The Fall of the Roman Empire" and "Gladiator" depict him as killing off dad, Marcus Aurellius. The emperor had been having heart troubles for years and died of natural causes. Both films also show Commodus meeting his end in the Coliseum, the former during a Christian burning fest, the latter in a gladitorial show. In truth, Commodus was fed poison by his own personal guards, and when he didn't die right away, a wrestler came in and strangled him to finish him off.
I would have added the hint that he invented the toilet seat, but that would have flushed his identity right out.
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I didn't think he was an important enough historical pesonage.
Yeah, he was just emperor of the largest empire in the world at the time, I mean it's not like he invented the ballpoint pen or something.
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