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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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: A mad emperor?
  • Childhood and youth
  • Two years as princeps
  • The conflicts escalate
  • Five months of monarchy
  • Murder on the Palatine
  • Conclusion: Inventing the mad emperor
  • Epilogue to the English edition.

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