536. Emperors of Rome: Caligula, Incest and Insanity (Part 3)

2870.429 - 2896.132 Dominic Sandbrook

So this is the moment, really, for the first time since... Really, for the first time since Augustus... inaugurated the empire, it's the first time that somebody has torn away what Augustus had worked so hard to create, which was the veil of legality and tradition. And somebody has just said, that's all rubbish. This is a pure military dictatorship. I am the dictator. And I will humiliate you.