Doug Stanhope

So he writes about Germanicus in the way that you, if you had a fake Reddit account, would write about yourself on the Restless History Reddit account.

No, of course you don't. But just suppose, just suppose. So this is what Suetonius has to say about Germanicus, who, as you say, he thinks he's absolutely brilliant. It is the broad consensus that no one has ever combined all the blessings of body and spirit to the degree that Germanicus did.

No, of course you don't. But just suppose, just suppose. So this is what Suetonius has to say about Germanicus, who, as you say, he thinks he's absolutely brilliant. It is the broad consensus that no one has ever combined all the blessings of body and spirit to the degree that Germanicus did.

No, of course you don't. But just suppose, just suppose. So this is what Suetonius has to say about Germanicus, who, as you say, he thinks he's absolutely brilliant. It is the broad consensus that no one has ever combined all the blessings of body and spirit to the degree that Germanicus did.

Conspicuous equally for his good looks and his courage, he was brilliant, both as an orator and as a scholar, in Greek as in Latin, celebrated for his generosity of spirit and remarkably successful in his endeavors to secure people's devotion and inspire their affection. I would write that up myself.

Conspicuous equally for his good looks and his courage, he was brilliant, both as an orator and as a scholar, in Greek as in Latin, celebrated for his generosity of spirit and remarkably successful in his endeavors to secure people's devotion and inspire their affection. I would write that up myself.

Conspicuous equally for his good looks and his courage, he was brilliant, both as an orator and as a scholar, in Greek as in Latin, celebrated for his generosity of spirit and remarkably successful in his endeavors to secure people's devotion and inspire their affection. I would write that up myself.

Although even then, Germanicus bulks them up. It's a bit like me with my trainer. I've bulked my legs up. It's uncanny. I've bulked them up so much that I'm ripping my trousers apart like the Incredible Hulk. Right. Right. Okay. So Germanicus, he also has a brilliant pedigree, which of course Caligula then inherits.

Although even then, Germanicus bulks them up. It's a bit like me with my trainer. I've bulked my legs up. It's uncanny. I've bulked them up so much that I'm ripping my trousers apart like the Incredible Hulk. Right. Right. Okay. So Germanicus, he also has a brilliant pedigree, which of course Caligula then inherits.

Although even then, Germanicus bulks them up. It's a bit like me with my trainer. I've bulked my legs up. It's uncanny. I've bulked them up so much that I'm ripping my trousers apart like the Incredible Hulk. Right. Right. Okay. So Germanicus, he also has a brilliant pedigree, which of course Caligula then inherits.

So he's the grandson of Livia, who is, you know, who marries Augustus, which makes him the nephew of Tiberius. And he's, you know, as we said, he's the absolute golden boy. And so this is why Augustus marries him to his own granddaughter, Agrippina. Basically, Germanicus is being groomed to succeed Tiberius.

So he's the grandson of Livia, who is, you know, who marries Augustus, which makes him the nephew of Tiberius. And he's, you know, as we said, he's the absolute golden boy. And so this is why Augustus marries him to his own granddaughter, Agrippina. Basically, Germanicus is being groomed to succeed Tiberius.

So he's the grandson of Livia, who is, you know, who marries Augustus, which makes him the nephew of Tiberius. And he's, you know, as we said, he's the absolute golden boy. And so this is why Augustus marries him to his own granddaughter, Agrippina. Basically, Germanicus is being groomed to succeed Tiberius.

And the sense is, certainly with Suetonius, but more generally with Roman historians, that if Germanicus had managed to live, then this would have been brilliant. The world would have been great. Everyone would have been happy. So Germanicus is kind of deliberately trained to be kind of schooled in all the arts required to be an emperor.

And the sense is, certainly with Suetonius, but more generally with Roman historians, that if Germanicus had managed to live, then this would have been brilliant. The world would have been great. Everyone would have been happy. So Germanicus is kind of deliberately trained to be kind of schooled in all the arts required to be an emperor.

And the sense is, certainly with Suetonius, but more generally with Roman historians, that if Germanicus had managed to live, then this would have been brilliant. The world would have been great. Everyone would have been happy. So Germanicus is kind of deliberately trained to be kind of schooled in all the arts required to be an emperor.

So he is sent off by Augustus to succeed Tiberius as commander of the German legions, because obviously he To be a Caesar above all, you need to be able to command the loyalty of the legions. And he does very well, or at least it seems that he does. So his name Germanicus is a kind of honorific.

So he is sent off by Augustus to succeed Tiberius as commander of the German legions, because obviously he To be a Caesar above all, you need to be able to command the loyalty of the legions. And he does very well, or at least it seems that he does. So his name Germanicus is a kind of honorific.

So he is sent off by Augustus to succeed Tiberius as commander of the German legions, because obviously he To be a Caesar above all, you need to be able to command the loyalty of the legions. And he does very well, or at least it seems that he does. So his name Germanicus is a kind of honorific.

He gets it because he is marching out across the Rhine to exact vengeance on the German tribes for their massacre of Varus's three legions. And he's endlessly burning villages and putting German tribes to the sword. And back in Rome, they think this is brilliant. So they call him Germanicus.