Caligola. Dietro la follia

Wow, a whole new way of looking at Caligula! Okay, that’s not entirely true. Barret’s Caligula: The Corruption of Power among others paved the way for this interpretation and really doesn’t take as its premise a radically different viewpoint. Both see Caligula as a Stalinesque figure; an all-too-san Leggi tutto

Caligula was an insane Roman emperor. Well, hold on a minute, maybe not. Aloys Winterling wrote Caligula: A Biography to examine that dispute even though it is an obscure one at best. For the most part, he proves his point that Caligula was perfectly sane, but the question I have as a reader is why

Rating: 3.0/5.0 I watched the movie Caligula and wanted to see what the historical figures said about this crazy emperor. This book started very well and towards its middle it was fun to read about the life of the emperor and the people close to him and how there were many conspiracies. I was hoping Leggi tutto

I quite enjoyed it. I have only ever read biographies of Caligula within a history of Rone. Many of those condemn him outright, and while it tried to correct many assumptions, one that it didn't really was his sexual depravity. I felt that more could have been written on it. If there were sources on Leggi tutto

Gaius Caesar Germanicus became Roman Emperor in 37 CE at the age of 24, and was assassinated in 41 CE just as he was about to travel to Alexandria, possibly to set that city up as an alternative location from which to rule the Roman Empire. The son of the very popular and potential Emperor Germanicu Leggi tutto

This book was fascinating and disappointing at the same time. I'll explain myself. First of all, this book was fascinating for the depth of its analysis and insight. It is very educational and easy to understand (maybe it helped a bit that the last book I had read before had been Historia de Roma but Leggi tutto

A deep analysis by the author to show that Caligula may no be so mad after all as some acient authors portrayed him. In summary: "If Caligula, who had dared aspire to founding a monarchy in plain view in Rome, was condemned posthumously as a “madman,” then Claudius, who had tried to spare the aristoc Leggi tutto

I should have written a review on this a long time ago, as it is one of the pivotal books for me in regard to how I now view all “historical” viewpoints/perspectives. Winterling, in a respectably concise fashion, paints us an entirely new picture of Caligula. Leave those long held popular ideas (he Leggi tutto