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About this book
Explore all of the murder, madness and mayhem in Ancient Rome during the reign of the mad emperor, Caligula.
In this book about Rome's most infamous emperor, expert author, Stephen Dando-Collins' chronicles all the palace intrigues and murders that led to Caligula becoming emperor, and details the horrors of his manic reign and the murderous consequences brought about at the hand of his sister Agrippina the Younger, his uncle Claudius and his nephew Nero.
Skillfully researched, Dando-Collins puts the jigsaw pieces together to form an accurate picture of Caligula's life and influences. Dando-Collins' precise and thorough examination of the emperor's life puts Caligula's paranoid reign into perspective, examining the betrayals and deaths he experienced prior to his time in power and the onset of a near-fatal illness believed to have affected his mental-health.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Maps
- Photographs
- Introduction
- I Nursling of the Legions
- II Caligula at the Bridge
- III Sharing His Father’s Triumph
- IV His Father’s Violent Death
- V A Murder Trial
- VI Nursing a Viper
- VII Caligula’s Grandmother Brings Down Sejanus
- VIII Yielding the Upper Hand
- IX First Through the Door Is Emperor
- X Hail, Caesar Caligula!
- XI Enter the Monster
- XII The Death of Drusilla
- XIII Never Mind the Expense
- XIV Caligula’s New Bride
- XV Caligula’s Invasion
- XVI Caligula Walks on Water
- XVII The Power of Words
- XVIII Preparing for War
- XIX Shocks in Gaul
- XX Caligula Goes to War
- XXI Caligula’s Triumph
- XXII The Victims Mount
- XXIII Running out of Friends
- XXIV The Assassination Plot
- XXV Killing Caligula
- XXVI The Revenge of Caligula’s Uncle
- XXVII Déjà Vu with Nero
- XXVIII Was Caligula Truly Mad?
- XXIX Drawing Present-Day Lessons: Is Donald Trump the Modern Caligula?
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index