Comments by "Pyromania101" (@pyromania1018) on "Claudius: Rome’s Accidental Emperor" video.

  1. According to Suetonius (something of a flatulist himself), as Claudius began choking from the poisoned mushrooms, he discharged an explosive fart that might have saved him, so a slave on Agrippina's payroll inserted a poison-dipped feather into his mouth to finish the job.
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  2.  @louthegiantcookie  Get the quote right, and I won't have to, Bucky ;)
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  3. I disagree. Long live Emperor Bootsie!
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  4.  @losthart5577  A "psychopath" who ended a war a lot faster than it could have been, and destroyed the property of a bunch of violently racist bastards who started the war for the express purpose of maintaining and expanding slavery? Yes, he deserves a video. Now, he did a lot of bad things, I'll admit, like committing atrocities against Native Americans.
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  5. I think you mean "quality OF wits".
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  6.  @losthart5577  I am aware, yes. And it was justified. He didn't go around slaughtering civilians. He destroyed objects of warmaking material, which is considered acceptable even by modern standards. Had he tossed civilians into their homes and set them on fire, then he would have been a villain, but he didn't. Now, if you actually bothered to read my comment, when did I say he was a champion of abolition or the rights of African Americans? I'm well aware that he wasn't--he was every bit as racist as the southerners, that broken bridge incident was unforgivable, and I strongly condemn what he did to the Native Americans. HOWEVER, I have no sympathy for the Confederate soldiers and civilians he carved through in order to end the war faster. They deserved what he gave them. They started a war for a thoroughly disgusting reason, and having their crops burned and their homes ransacked is quite lenient compared to what they had coming to them. In regards to his mental state, he was often accused of being insane even during the war, but his reputation as a destroyer was exaggerated by southern propaganda. I won't pretend he was 100% mentally sound, but he wasn't a psychopath. At best, he was a pragmatist. He didn't condone wanton acts of cruelty, but he tolerated them. This got worse during the Sioux Wars, with him advocating committing atrocities against tribes that didn't submit (which I condemn); conversely, if a tribe did submit, he'd try to ensure their well-being, even firing reservation overseers who were exploiting instead of caring for cooperative tribes.
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  7. And one nearly saved him from poison.
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  8. Evidently, quality of wits is more important than quantity.
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  9. Both have been played by Derek Jacobi.
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