Caligula
Caligula The infamous emperor Caligula ruled Rome from A.D. An exceptionally smart and cruelly witty man, Caligula made his contemporaries worship him as a god. 37 to 41 as a tyrant who ultimately…
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Caligula
The infamous emperor Caligula ruled Rome from A.D. An exceptionally smart and cruelly witty man, Caligula made his contemporaries worship him as a god. 37 to 41 as a tyrant who ultimately became a monster.
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 drank pearls dissolved in vinegar and ate food covered in gold leaf. 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 Caligula was insane. But was he?This biography tells a different story of the well-known emperor.
In a deft account written for a general audience, Aloys Winterling opens a new perspective on the man and his times. Basing Caligula on a thorough new assessment of the ancient sources, he sets