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Caligula : the corruption of power

Author: Anthony Barrett
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1989.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The author examines the available evidence to evaluate the Roman emperor in view of the political system that put him in power.
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Genre/Form: Biography
Named Person: Caligula, Emperor of Rome; Kaiser) Caligula (Römisches Reich
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Anthony Barrett
ISBN: 0300074298 9780300074291 0300046537 9780300046533
OCLC Number: 53353798
Description: xxvi, 334 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Family background --
Struggle for the succession --
Private pursuits --
The new emperor --
Signs of strain --
Conspiracy --
North Africa --
Britain and Germany --
Divine honours --
Assassination --
Aftermath --
Caligula and the Jews --
Caligula the builder --
Fit to rule?
Responsibility: Anthony A. Barrett.

Abstract:

The author examines the available evidence to evaluate the Roman emperor in view of the political system that put him in power.

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