Draculs mentioned 'Uther: as one of his identities

Although he alluded to Caligula, he never actually mentioned him. Though it would have been a wonderful idea. As Judas/The Wandering Jew (the famous figure in early English literature for the sake of any other identifying characteristic), might have perhaps encountered Macro (who was a veteran of the Galliean Wars), who would in time become Caligula's chief lieutenant (until Caligula became so paranoid as to kill him also).

It is possible that Macro/Judas infected Caligula and then took his identity. Caligula was "bloodthirsty" And BLOOD THIRSTY. As was written by Tacitus, Plutarch, and (especially) Suetonius, he even ate his unborn son (by his sister Drucilla), which he ripped out of her womb while they both still lived, so that he wouldn't supplant him in the heavens, as the replacement for Zeus...He was aware that Jupiter was only a poor copy of Zeus. And identified himself as Zeus.
This was depicted, rather graphically in Robert Graves' "I Claudius".

Proximus is, perhaps a stand-in for a Roman nobleman (though as I mentioned earlier, Macro would have served just as well). El Hazarid, was perhaps a stand-in for Mohammed (as to not offend the Muslim community). The other characters are real names from history/mythology.

But the timelines were very poorly thought out. Gilles de Rais was hanged in 1440. When Vlad was almost 9 years old. (Reminds me of our current Presidential Campaign about Obama and Bill Ayers).

The timeline they mention works. Up to THAT point. Then it gets muddled. Luccier and Soisson DIDN'T do their homework.

Interesting point you made about Uther. But lets not forget that first and foremost that Dracula is a "shape-shifter". To go from bat. To wolf. To motes of dust in the moonlight. I didn't have too much of a problem with that per-se. But you did mention Butler playing the part from the mid-1st Century until approximately 1897. Which does give me a problem. That and the fact that in the book, Harker tried to behead him with a shovel. But missed and left a deep gash in his forehead (which never healed throughout the remainder of the book).

Sort of put a damper on Butler's version of just pulling out the bullets, when his Dracula was shot. And leaving no scars!

I rarely learn something from an IMDB msg board conversation, but you guys may have had the most intelligent conversation i've ever seen around here. Kudos, I've never seen the films, the first didn't interest me a bit, but after reading a little into the movies, I want to watch them all.