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Caligula: A Biography Paperback - 2015

by Aloys Winterling

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USA: University of California Press, 2015. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In this lively biography of Rome's infamous third emperor, readers will not find the wild-eyed dictator the public has, for nearly two millennia, come to expect. Offering not an apology for the 'mad' emperor but a thoughtful argument for his sanity, Winterling debunks Caligula's most grotesque and oft-repeated crimes. There is writing in pencil on the rear end -paper A good, clean and tight copy..
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Details

  • Title Caligula: A Biography
  • Author Aloys Winterling
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of California Press, USA
  • Date 2015
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 04508
  • ISBN 9780520287594 / 0520287592
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.6 in (20.83 x 13.72 x 1.52 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
  • Library of Congress subjects Emperors - Rome, Caligula
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011012924
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

From the rear cover

"Caligula enjoys a reputation as one of the most brutal and tyrannical Roman emperors. In this accessible narrative of Caligula's life, Winterling uses his deep knowledge of Roman society and the imperial court to investigate why contemporaries chose to assassinate Caligula's reputation as well as his person. Caligula emerges here as rather less insane, if no less loathsome, than his posthumous reputation made him out to be."

--Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, author of Rome's Cultural Revolution

About the author

Aloys Winterling holds a chair for Ancient History at Humboldt-University Berlin. He is the author of Aula Caesaris and Politics and Society in Imperial Rome, among other books.

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