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The infamous emperor Caligula ruled Rome from A.D. 37 to 41 as a tyrant who ultimately became a monster. An exceptionally smart and cruelly witty man, Caligula made his contemporaries worship him as a god. He drank pearls dissolved in vinegar and ate food covered in gold leaf. He forced men and wome...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Winterling, Aloys
Otros Autores: Schneider, Deborah Lucas, Most, Glenn W., Psoinos, Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.
Colección:Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
Temas:
Caligula, > Emperor of Rome, > 12-41.
Caligula, > Emperor of Rome, > 12-41
37-41
Emperors > Rome > Biography.
Empereurs > Rome > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Ancient > Rome.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
Emperors
Rome > History > Caligula, 37-41.
Rome > Histoire > 37-41 (Caligula)
Rome (Empire)
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The infamous emperor Caligula ruled Rome from A.D. 37 to 41 as a tyrant who ultimately became a monster. An exceptionally smart and cruelly witty man, Caligula made his contemporaries worship him as a god. He drank pearls dissolved in vinegar and ate food covered in gold leaf. He forced men and women of high rank to have sex with him, turned part of his palace into a brothel, and committed incest with his sisters. He wanted to make his horse a consul. Torture and executions were the order of the day. Both modern and ancient interpretations have concluded from this alleged evidence that Caligul.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vii, 229 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520943148
0520943147
0520248953
9780520248953

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