| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 229 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature |
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Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
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| Note |
Originally published in German: München : C.H. Beck, ©2003, with title Caligula : eine Biographie. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Caligula, Emperor of Rome, 12-41.
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Caligula, Emperor of Rome, 12-41. (OCoLC)fst00010775
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Emperors -- Rome -- Biography.
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Rome -- History -- Caligula, 37-41.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- Rome.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory.
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Emperors. (OCoLC)fst00908898
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Rome (Empire) (OCoLC)fst01204885
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| Chronological Term |
37-41
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| Added Author |
Schneider, Deborah Lucas.
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Most, Glenn W.
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Psoinos, Paul.
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| Added Title |
Caligula. English
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Winterling, Aloys. Caligula. English. Caligula. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011 (DLC) 2011012924 |
| Standard No. |
7032958 |
| ISBN |
9780520943148 (electronic bk.) |
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0520943147 (electronic bk.) |
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