Wild Kinks and Perversions of 20 Influential Historical Figures

1. Tiberius’ perversions exceeded those of everybody on this list

Caligula had learned perversion from the best, having been raised by his uncle, the emperor Tiberius (reigned 14 – 37 AD). Unlike Rome’s most infamously perverted rulers, Caligula, Nero, and Heliogabalus, who became emperors in their teens and went crazy with the sudden power, Tiberius became emperor in his 50s. He exceeded all other emperors in perversion, but did his dirt in the privacy of a secluded palace compound in the island of Capri, far away from the public eye. There, Tiberius wallowed in perversions, most notably pedophilia with children of both genders. He reportedly had toddlers trained to dive underwater while he was in a pool to “nibble” at him as he swam, referring to them as his “minnows”.

Tiberius also had pleasure gardens stocked with teenaged and prepubescent youths, dressed as figures from Greco-Roman mythology, or frolicking about naked, displaying themselves for his pleasure, and engaging in intercourse on command with each other. As he grew older, Tiberius grew increasingly impotent, and so was often reduced to being a spectator. His residences had walls covered with pornographic paintings depicting all kinds of nefarious activity, from the routine to the shockingly depraved. The artwork was like a menu, enabling Tiberius to simply point at a painting, to communicate what he wanted done.

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Where Did We Find This Stuff? Some Sources and Further Reading

All That Is Interesting – Read James Joyce‘s Absolutely Filthy Letters

Broadly, April 15^th, 2016 – Charlie Chaplin Was a Sadistic Tyrant Who F*cked Teenage Girls

Dejonge, Alex – The Life and Times of Grigorii Rasputin (1990)

Edwardian Promenade – The Amorous Life of Edward VII

Guardian, The, January 18^th, 2006 – The Perverse Side of Hans Christian Andersen

Guardian, The, April 9^th, 2017 – Eric Gill: Can We Separate the Artist From the Abuser?

History Things – History‘s Nutcases: The Zhengde Emperor

History Collection – Facts from the Captivating Life of Sigmund Freud

World History Project – Reign of Zhengde Emperor: The Tenth Emperor of the Ming Dynasty

India Today, November 30^th, 1999 – Mahatma & Manuben: Newly Discovered Diaries of Gandhi‘s Personal Attendant Reveal How His Experiments With Celibacy Changed Her Life