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(13,468 posts)Is Trump Caligula or Nero?
BlueMTexpat
(15,374 posts)more Caligula. But Trump has aspects of both.
Kaleva
(36,403 posts)More of a combination of Caligula and Nero.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,414 posts)What we have to watch out for is who will be Macro, and who Caligula ...
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,414 posts)I can't remember sexiness being a plot point, though. I remember him as the man who got the Praetorian Guard to be the power behind the throne, endangering people they didn't favour, while Tiberius went a bit mad. Sejanus had imperial ambition himself, but eventually Tiberius got rid of him. Only for Macro, who was a pure thug, to take over the Guard, and help Caligula to take power.
Kaleva
(36,403 posts)Trump-Caligula
Ivanka-Livia
Kelly-Marco
Bannon-Sejanus
Pence-Claudius
Jared-Tiberius
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,929 posts)And probably didn't see the amazing BBC adaptation of it. He simply hasn't the attention span.
It's possible some of his staff have read or seen it, but any similarities to either is purely coincidence.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,898 posts)the novels by Sir Robert Graves as well as watch the series.
Kaleva
(36,403 posts)Working to ensure that Tiberius (Jared) ends up with all the power.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,898 posts)Ivanka is not ruthless enough to throw her weight to eliminate anyone who gets in Daddy's or Jared's way.
Kaleva
(36,403 posts)Ivanka might have played a hand in thier dismissals.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,898 posts)More Jared's doing than Ivanka's. He and Bannon did not get along. But I could be wrong.
PJMcK
(22,074 posts)In Graves' novel, Claudius is the unexpected cleverly manipulative savior of the Roman Empire. It's unclear who is in the background of our government that will end up as the leader.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,898 posts)He has the moral appitude to remain uncorruptable.
PJMcK
(22,074 posts)"Friends, Americans, countrymen, lend me your ears. I come to indict Trump, not to praise him."
Kaleva
(36,403 posts)and not a threat to their own ambitions. The Empire kind of fell into his lap because everyone else was killed off.
In fact, Claudius was hardly a simpleton. He probably had a speech impediment or similar malady which was misunderstood at the time. His years as a leader were productive and he was a reasonably steady hand on the tiller of the Roman Empire.
meadowlander
(4,413 posts)I've been saying it since the inauguration.