Buy this book on-line FERRILL, ARTHUR: : Caligula: EMPEROR OF ROMEUSA.NEW YORK,NEW YORK.THAMES & HUDSON INC.,1991. ISBN 0500251126.
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"So much for the prince," observed the Roman biographer Seutonius,"now for the monster." One of the most bizarre figures in all history,the Emperor Caligula has baffled modern scholars,who have consistently tried to rationalize his actions,dismissing as pure rumour the ancient accounts of torture and incest that fill the record of his short reign (AD 37-41).Caligula has long been a fascinating figure for twentieth-century media - whether appearing in Robert Graves' 'I,Claudius' or in an X-rated film - but what was the truth about his mental state? In this bold psychological study, Arthur Ferrill places special emphasis on Caligula's early environment,one of dynastic intrigue and constant upheaval, and considers his many childhood traumas, concluding that here lay the seeds of catastrophe - the degeneration of a reign of joy and generosity into one of bankruptcy,cruelty and terror.
In the light of our knowledge of twentieth-century dictators,Caligula appears as completely arbitrary,not even possessing the calculated cruelty of a Stalin or a Hitler.Brushing aside the excuses and tortuous explanations of modern biographers,Professor Ferrill asks - could a man who claimed a collection of seashells on the shores of northern France to be a successful invasion of Britain be anything other than insane? Against the colourful background of Rome and the provinces,the full horror of the story unfolds - a situation in which a madman is in control of all the known world.
Arthur Ferrill is Professor of History at the University of Washington,Seattle,and the author of 'The Origins of War' (1985) and 'The Fall of the Roman Empire' (1986), both published by Thames & Hudson.He is a contributing editor of ' MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History' and most recently (then 1991) has been writing a book on Roman Imperial Grand Strategy (forthcoming 1991).
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