I love that this is just about the only scene in the film which is historically accurate. Also, John Simm as Caligula is made of win. It's so the Master poncing around in Ancient Rome, making an insane pest of himself, visiting exotic brothels and killing people. Rofl..
@smeagolita And I love how even this scene, while often repeated, is not historically accurate either. Because of the sheer hatred the senate had for Caligula, combined with the fact the only them wrote histories, Caligula's "injury" to them might have been that he wanted a greater share of governance(see Domitian). Caligula WAS unconventional by contemporary standards, but was he insane? Probably not.
@paisabombom2133 amazon.co.uk. It's a region 2 DVD so if you're in the States you'll need a region-free DVD player (around $100). The only good scenes are the ones with Simm in them.
The senators are gutless and the way ian richardson and claudius keep looking at each other with that "yeah I know he's bonkers but what can we do look"...
rome was doomed when they killed julius ceaser. they wound up getting a dictator which was exactly what they did not want in the first place. the saying once said that if one does not learn from history it is bound to repeat its self and that is what did the roman empire in. that and while agustus was declared a good ruler his flaw was never having an heir and also securing issues that future emperors had to face.
