• A discussion about Kim Jung-un as a Caligula-figure from I, Claudius
• Did Kim Jung-un execute his uncle with starving dogs?
• This historian is doubtful
• More on “I, Claudius” dictators

“…the usefulness of being underestimated only lasts until [new dictators] show their true colors.”

Speaking of I, Claudius…

Here, Emperor Caligula (played by John Hurt) terrifies his subjects with his madness: