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* BedFullOfWomen: [[DirtyOldMan Emperor Tiberius]] removes himself from public life to the island of Capri where he engages in decadent pleasures. [[FanService Naturally]] this involves him [[GirlOnGirlIsHot watching three beautiful prostitutes have sex with each other]], and at one point he invites a young Caligula in and [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse insists]] that he join them so he can "learn what it is to be an emperor". When Caligula falls into debauchery, he shown bedding other men's wives, his sisters and the [[BetterLivingThroughEvil obligatory]] BedFullOfWomen.
* BrotherSisterIncest: Agrippina seduces her brother, promising to give him an heir. When she doesn't conceive, he turns his attentions to his other two sisters, who aren't in a position to refuse the emperor. Drusilla falls pregnant but dies; as Caligula was genuinely fond of her, it further increases his instability.
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* DefiantToTheEnd: His mother, Agrippina.
* DirtyOldMan: Tiberius, ew.
* DirtyOldMan: Tiberius, ew.
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* DefiantToTheEnd: DefiantToTheEnd:
** His mother, Agrippina.
* DirtyOldMan: Tiberius, ew.** Marco ties up his horse and dismounts to fight the soldiers sent to execute him. On losing the fight, he defiantly falls on his sword before he can be given the CoupDeGrace.
** His mother, Agrippina.
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* GladiatorGames: Caligula stages them at the start of the reign. Since they hadn't happened for a long time, this makes him very popular.
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* FreudianExcuse: The execution or exile of his family, years of house arrest and constant fear of execution at the whim of Tiberius, then his [[DrunkWithPower sudden ascent to absolute power]] are implied to have played a part in Caligula's increasing paranoia and mental instability.
* FullCircleRevolution: Caligula earns early popularity with the people and senate by ending the abuses of Tiberius, carrying out public works and burning the records of the Treason Trials. However he becomes increasingly detached after the death of Drusilla and wastes so much money in self-aggrandizing projects that he reinstates the Treason Trials just so he can execute wealthy senators to clear his debts. Oh and those records he burnt? "IMadeCopies."
* GeneralFailure: Caligula decides to regain his popularity by invading Britain. The soldiers, unused to the open sea, wet and miserable from the onset of winter, and [[HereThereBeDragons fearful of these unknown islands on the edge of the known world]], threaten to mutiny. Caligula resorts to dressing his soldiers up as British captives and marching them in chains through Rome in an attempt to fool people into thinking he was victorious.
* GladiatorGames: Caligula stages them at the start of the reign. Since they hadn't happened for a long time, [[BreadAndCircuses this makes him verypopular.popular]].
* FullCircleRevolution: Caligula earns early popularity with the people and senate by ending the abuses of Tiberius, carrying out public works and burning the records of the Treason Trials. However he becomes increasingly detached after the death of Drusilla and wastes so much money in self-aggrandizing projects that he reinstates the Treason Trials just so he can execute wealthy senators to clear his debts. Oh and those records he burnt? "IMadeCopies."
* GeneralFailure: Caligula decides to regain his popularity by invading Britain. The soldiers, unused to the open sea, wet and miserable from the onset of winter, and [[HereThereBeDragons fearful of these unknown islands on the edge of the known world]], threaten to mutiny. Caligula resorts to dressing his soldiers up as British captives and marching them in chains through Rome in an attempt to fool people into thinking he was victorious.
* GladiatorGames: Caligula stages them at the start of the reign. Since they hadn't happened for a long time, [[BreadAndCircuses this makes him very
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* TheStarscream: There is no conclusive evidence to suggest that Claudius orchestrated Caligula's assassination, in order to seize power for himself, but the show implies that's what he did in order to prevent the Empire from being turned back into a Republic by the Senate.
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* TheStarscream: TheStarscream:
** There is no conclusive evidence to suggest that Claudius orchestrated Caligula's assassination, in order to seize power for himself, but the show implies that's what he did in order to prevent the Empire from being turned back into a Republic by theSenate.Senate.
** Fearful of what will happen to their influence if Caligula gets a male heir, his sisters conspire to kill him, only Agrippina then denounces the plot to advance her own position. It doesn't work and Caligula has both his sisters exiled to a small island off the Italian coast for the remainder of his reign.
** There is no conclusive evidence to suggest that Claudius orchestrated Caligula's assassination, in order to seize power for himself, but the show implies that's what he did in order to prevent the Empire from being turned back into a Republic by the
** Fearful of what will happen to their influence if Caligula gets a male heir, his sisters conspire to kill him, only Agrippina then denounces the plot to advance her own position. It doesn't work and Caligula has both his sisters exiled to a small island off the Italian coast for the remainder of his reign.
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** Caligula at the beginning of his reign. This changes once he sleeps with his sisters.
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** Caligula at the beginning of his reign. This changes once he sleeps with his sisters.sisters, reinstitutes a ReignOfTerror and increases taxes to cover his huge debt.
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* DeathBySex: Exactly how Cleander arranges Saoterus' end.
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* BigSisterInstinct: Merica to Tatina. [[spoiler:She is seen shielding Tatina from Cleander while he's threating to kill her.]]
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* PermissionToSpeakFreely: Senator Dio invokes this before giving Commodus his opinion on whether or not to go to war.
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* PermissionToSpeakFreely: Senator Dio invokes this before giving Commodus his opinion on whether or not to go to war.war in order to regain the citizens goodwill.
-->'''Dio''': Do I have your permission to speak candidly?\\
'''Commodus''': Of Course.\\
'''Dio''': Wars take time, money, people. All things the we are dearly lacking.
-->'''Dio''': Do I have your permission to speak candidly?\\
'''Commodus''': Of Course.\\
'''Dio''': Wars take time, money, people. All things the we are dearly lacking.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Tatina, the servant of Lucilla and the one Cleander used to expose her regicide plot, ends up being the one to finally expose Cleander's treachery to Commodus himself.]]
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* DeathBySex: Exactly how Cleander arranges Saoterus' end.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Narcissus to Commodus in the end.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Narcissus to Commodus in the end. A rather epic one at that.
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* VillainRespect: Despite Cleander's betrayal, Lucilla admits that she is impressed how he used her assassination plot to gain power for himself.
