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Caligula : the mad Emperor of Rome / Stephen Dando-Collins.

by Dando-Collins, Stephen.

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Turner Publishing Company, 2019.

937.07092 D177c

Caligula, Emperor of Rome, 12-41.

Emperors -- Rome -- Biography.

Political corruption -- Rome -- History.

Power (Social sciences) -- Rome -- History.

Rome -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.

Rome -- History -- Caligula, 37-41.

9781684422852 (pbk.)

xxiv, 264 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-246) and index.

Nursling of the legions -- Caligula at the bridge -- Sharing his father's triumph -- His father's violent death -- A murder trial -- Nursing a viper -- Caligula's grandmother brings down Sejanus -- Yielding the upper hand -- First through the door is Emperor -- Hail, Caesar Caligula! -- Enter the monster -- The death of Drusilla -- Never mind the expense -- Caligula's new bride -- Caligula's invasion -- Caligula walks on water -- The power of words -- Preparing for war -- Shocks in Gaul -- Caligula goes to war -- Caligula's triumph -- The victims mount -- Running out of friends -- The assassination plot -- Killing Caligula -- The revenge of Caligula's uncle -- Deja vu with Nero -- Was Caligula truly mad? -- Drawing present-day lessons: Is Donald Trump the modern 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."--From publisher.

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