🪷 16 March 37 AD #Tiberius dies, #Caligula becomes Emperor. #Antinous statue with #figleaf looks down on his swaggering entry into the Colosseum in this 1954 epic. Campy #JayRobinson as Caligula throws shade until he gets the point in the finale of #DemetriusAndTheGladiators. 🪷

🪷 #Caligula was born on 31 Aug in 12 AD ... a century before #Antinous. Anachronistically, the Farnese Antinous statue (demurely wearing a fig leaf) looks down on gay actor #JayRobinson as a very campy Caligula, who throws shade nonstop until he finally gets the point (literally, with a javelin through the heart) in the splashy 1954 Biblical epic sequel to "The Robe" entitled "Demetrius And The Gladiators." #Antinoos briefly visible at 1:03 seconds into this trailer: https://youtu.be/DzwJZmd6FpM 🪷

🪷 18 March 37 AD, the Senate nullifies #Tiberius' will and declares #Caligula emperor amid rumors he murdered Tiberius. Anachronistically, #Farnese #Antinous looks down on campy #JayRobinson as a Caligula who throws shade until he gets the point in #DemetriusAndTheGladiators.🪷

🪷 Caligula was born on August 31st in 12 AD ... a century before #Antinous. Anachronistically, the Farnese Antinous statue (demurely wearing a fig leaf) looks down on gay actor #JayRobinson as a very campy #Caligula, who throws shade nonstop until he finally gets the point (literally, with a javelin through the heart) in the splashy 1954 Biblical epic sequel to "The Robe" entitled "Demetrius And The Gladiators." Antinous briefly visible at 1:03 seconds into this trailer: https://youtu.be/DzwJZmd6FpM

🪷 Happy birthday #Caligula, born 31 Aug 12 AD. #Farnese #Antinous anachronistically upstages Caligula in "Demetrius & the Gladiators." Pick your favorite film/TV Caligula: #JayRobinson, #JohnHurt #MalcolmMcDowell or transgender #AlexisArquette (pre-transition) 🪷

🪷 18 March 37 AD, the Senate nullifies #Tiberius' will and declares #Caligula emperor amid rumors he murdered Tiberius. Anachronistically, #Farnese #Antinous looks down on campy #JayRobinson as a Caligula who throws shade until he gets the point in #DemetriusAndTheGladiators.🪷

🪷 16 March 37 AD #Tiberius dies and #Caligula becomes emperor. #Farnese #Antinous anachronistically upstages Caligula in "Demetrius & the Gladiators." Pick your favorite film/TV Caligula: #JayRobinson, #JohnHurt #MalcolmMcDowell or transgender #AlexisArquette (pre-transition) 🪷