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Further explanation as to the tragedy of the purges
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** As part of the purge of Sejanus' friends and family after his downfall, Macro oversees the execution of his children, sidestepping possible backlash and/or bad luck by dressing his son in his "manly gown" (''toga virilis'') to make him a legal adult and violating his daughter so that she does not die a virgin.
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** As part of the purge of Sejanus' friends and family after his downfall, Macro oversees the execution of his children, sidestepping Sejanus' children (Aelianus,12 and Junilla,11). Sidestepping possible backlash and/or bad luck (and the reluctance of his men to kill such a young and innocent girl) by dressing his son in his "manly gown" (''toga virilis'') to make him a legal adult and violating his daughter so that she does not die a virgin.
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* TheOner: The series used a number of long shots, as was the style of the time and in particular of director Herbert Wise, but the scene where Augustus confronts Julia's lovers is a standout. Over the space of more than 3 minutes the camera tracks back from the letter in Augustus' hands, behind the row of cowering men, follows Augustus all the way down to the far end and back again and closes in on him once more as he resolves to banish her before breaking down in tears.
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* DespairEventHorizon: Claudius breaks down sobbing when he hears that Sejanus's underage children have been murdered as part of ThePurge, and that in order to avoid sacrilege, the Guards first dressed the boy up in a man's toga, and raped the girl to make them (technically) adults before they were killed.
-->''Rome, you are finished! Finished! You are despicable...''
-->''Rome, you are finished! Finished! You are despicable...''
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* HistoricalRelationshipOverhaul:
** {{UsefulNotes/Caligula}} and his sister, Drusilla are married, and they even have a baby, [[spoiler: whom Caligula, along with its mother, kills prematurely, and eats it akin to Jove]]. It's heavily disputed whether they had an incestous relationship in reality, and the latter part certainly didn't happen.
** Agrippinilla (called Agrippina the Younger in RealLife), seduces her son, Nero, after his wife doesn't want to sleep with him. This didn't happen in RealLife.
** {{UsefulNotes/Caligula}} and his sister, Drusilla are married, and they even have a baby, [[spoiler: whom Caligula, along with its mother, kills prematurely, and eats it akin to Jove]]. It's heavily disputed whether they had an incestous relationship in reality, and the latter part certainly didn't happen.
** Agrippinilla (called Agrippina the Younger in RealLife), seduces her son, Nero, after his wife doesn't want to sleep with him. This didn't happen in RealLife.
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There actually aren't any, as the heirs of the emperors were always clear before their death, except for Claudius, who succeeded without much opposition, or any self-proclaimed heirs.
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* SuccessionCrisis: Several.
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* GoodRepublicEvilEmpire: Played less straight than the viewer might might at first expect. While our hero Claudius is a devout believer in the Republic and a DecadentCourt is in full swing the actual senators we meet are in many cases corrupt, weak or even outright murderous (Claudius himself even delivers an epic speech trashing them when he becomes Emperor.)
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* GoodRepublicEvilEmpire: Played less straight than the viewer might might at first expect. While our hero Claudius is a devout believer in the Republic and a DecadentCourt is in full swing the actual senators we meet are in many cases corrupt, weak or even outright murderous (Claudius himself even delivers an epic speech trashing them when he becomes Emperor.)
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* GoodBadGirl: Julia.
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* DramaticIrony: Caligula saying "Why am I so unlucky today?" on January 24, 41 AD, as he plays dice at the games with Claudius.
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* DramaticIrony: Caligula saying "Why am I so unlucky today?" on the day of his assassination, January 24, 41 AD, as he plays dice at the games with Claudius.
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* DecapitationPresentation: Little Gemellus meets an unfortunate end.
* DefiantToTheEnd: Agrippina the Elder and Asinius Gallus.
* DefiantToTheEnd: Agrippina the Elder and Asinius Gallus.
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* DecapitationPresentation: Little Gemellus meets an unfortunate end.
*is beheaded on the order of {{UsefulNotes/Caligula}}, because ''[[DisproportionateRetribution his cough annoyed him]]''. His head is shown to Caligula, much to the horror of Claudius, who's also present.
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%%%* DefiantToTheEnd: Agrippina the Elder and Asinius Gallus.
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* ClassicalAntiHero: Claudius.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Claudius, although it's mostly an act.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Claudius, although it's mostly an act.
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* BlackWidow: Livia and Livilla both poison their husbands.
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* BlackWidow: Livia and poisions her husband Augustus, her granddaughter, Livilla both poison their husbands.poisons her husband Castor, while her great-granddaughter Agrippinilla poisions her husband Claudius. Guess it just [[ItRunsInTheFamily runs in the family]].
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Messalina.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Messalina.Messalina, who deceives her husband Claudius by acting innocent and loving as possible. She's actually a sex-crazed conniver, who uses her power to sleep with as many men as possible. At one point, she even goes so far to marry one of her lovers and plan to take over TheEmpire with him while Claudius is away. [[spoiler: After Claudius hears of this, he's first too distraught to believe it, but later executes her]].
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** Claudius and his brother Germanicus discuss the fact that the former's new wife is a head taller than him. Germanicus quips that she's a head taller than everyone and they suppress a laugh while Claudius says it's not funny. Queue the brothers exploding into laughter.
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** Claudius and his brother Germanicus discuss the fact that the former's new wife [[StatuesqueStunner is beautiful, but also a head taller than him.him]]. Germanicus quips that she's a head taller than everyone and they suppress a laugh while Claudius says it's not funny. Queue the brothers exploding into laughter.
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** ActuallyPrettyFunny: Caligula's habit of giving his Praetorian guards {{Embarrassing Password}}s for the night, such as "Give Us A Kiss" or "Touch Me Titus." Granted, the Praetorian guards aren't that amused, but Claudius and at least one of Caligula's German guards seem to be.
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** ActuallyPrettyFunny: Caligula's habit of giving his Praetorian guards {{Embarrassing Password}}s for the night, such as "Give Us A Kiss" or "Touch Me Titus." Granted, the Praetorian guards aren't that amused, but Claudius and at least one of Caligula's German guards seem to be.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Caligula's habit of giving his Praetorian guards {{Embarrassing Password}}s for the night, such as "Give Us A Kiss" or "Touch Me Titus." Granted, the Praetorian guards aren't that amused, but Claudius and at least one of Caligula's German guards seem to be.
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** Claudius and his brother Germanicus discuss the fact that the former's new wife is a head taller than him. Germanicus quips that she's a head taller than everyone and they suppress a laugh while Claudius says it's not funny. Queue the brothers exploding into laughter.
** ActuallyPrettyFunny: Caligula's habit of giving his Praetorian guards {{Embarrassing Password}}s for the night, such as "Give Us A Kiss" or "Touch Me Titus." Granted, the Praetorian guards aren't that amused, but Claudius and at least one of Caligula's German guards seem to be.
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