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Caligula - The Abuse of Power (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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Caligula - The Abuse of Power (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Series: Roman Imperial Biographies
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The Roman Empire has always exercised a considerable fascination.
Among its numerous colourful personalities, no emperor, with the
possible exception of Nero, has attracted more popular attention
than Caligula, who has a reputation, whether deserved or not, as
the quintessential mad and dangerous ruler. The first edition of
this book established itself as the standard study of Caligula. It
remains the only full length and detailed scholarly analysis in
English of this emperor's reign, and has been translated into a
number of languages. But the study of Classical antiquity is not a
static phenomenon, and scholars are engaged in a persistent quest
to upgrade our knowledge and thinking about the ancient past. In
the thirty years since publication of the original Caligula there
have been considerable scholarly advances in what we know about
this emperor specifically, and also about the general period in
which he functioned, while newly discovered inscriptions and major
archaeological projects have necessitated a rethinking of many of
our earlier conclusions about early imperial history. This new
edition constitutes a major revision and, in places, a major
rewriting, of the original text. Maintaining the reader-friendly
structure and organisation of its predecessor, it embodies the
latest discoveries and the latest thinking, seeking to make more
lucid and comprehensible those aspects of the reign that are
particularly daunting to the non-specialist. Like the original,
this revised Caligula is intended to satisfy the requirements of
the scholarly community while appealing to a broad and general
readership.
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