Caligula biography video of albert
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Emperors of Rome: Caligula, Incest and Insanity (Part 3)
"Enough of the Princeps, what remains to be described, is the monster..." The Roman emperor Caligula endures as one of the most notorious figures in not only Roman history, but the history of the world. Famed as a byword for sexual degeneracy, cruelty and corruption, the account of his life written by the Roman historian Suetonius has, above all, enshrined him as such for posterity. Throughout the biography there is a whiff of dark comedy, as Caligula is cast as the ultimate demented caesar, corrupted absolutely by his absolute power and driven into depravity. Born of a sacred and illustrious bloodline to adored parents, his early life - initially so full of promise - was shadowed by tragedy, death, and danger, the members of his family picked off one by one by the emperor Tiberius. Nevertheless, Caligula succeeded, through his own cynical intelligence and cunning manipulation of public spectacle, to launch himself
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Videodesign for the theatre performance Caligula by Guy Cassiers and Albert Camus.
In Caligula Guy Cassiers continues his quest for powerful figures and rulers. Albert Camus (1913-1960) completed his drama about the cruellest of all Roman emperors just before World War II, but it was performed only after the war. Partly because of the events of the war, the work has, not unjustly, been interpreted as an indictment of dictatorship and the abuse of power. However, Camus’ Caligula is a drama about the crushing existential confrontation with death
Caligula, Roman emperor in the 1st century AD, cannot deal with the death of his sister and lover Drusilla. The realization of the finiteness of life plunges him into absolute solitude and despair. He begins a quest for the absolute and wants to expose the lies in his environment, the illusions and the compromises that make people around him in order to live and survive. His compelling call to face the naked truth mak
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"Enough of the Princeps, what remains to be described, is the monster..." The Roman kejsare Caligula endures as one of the most notorious figures in not only Roman history, but the history of the world. Famed as a byword for sexuell degeneracy, cruelty and corruption, the konto of his life written by the Roman historian Suetonius has, above all, enshrined him as such for posterity. Throughout the biography there is a whiff of dark comedy, as Caligula is cast as the ultimate demented caesar, corrupted absolutely bygd his absolute power and driven into depravity. Born of a sacred and illustrious bloodline to adored parents, his early life - initially so full of promise - was shadowed bygd tragedy, death, and danger, the members of his family picked off one by one by the emperor Tiberius. Nevertheless, Caligula succeeded, through his own cynical intelligence and cunning manipulation of public spectacle, to launch himself from the ställning eller tillstånd of despised orphan, to that of master of Rome. Yet,