# Is Caligula really as horrible as it is hyped to be?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 11, 2006, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-caligula-really-as-horrible-as-it-is-hyped-to-be/352207 "2006-04-11T08:47:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-caligula-really-as-horrible-as-it-is-hyped-to-be/352207/61 "2006-04-14T01:13:57Z")

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Yeah I’d have to ask, myself. It seems pretty obvious you can in fact set people on fire. So on what do you base “totallly bogus”, given that I don’t see any substatiation for “sciencetifically impossable”?

Honest question.

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