The emperor Caligula in the ancient sources:
"Few historical figures have had an impact on the popular imagination like the Roman emperor Caligula. But what can we believe about the incredible stories transmitted to us from ancient sources? This book presents translations of these sources - from ancient writers, coins, and inscriptions -...
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| Summary: | "Few historical figures have had an impact on the popular imagination like the Roman emperor Caligula. But what can we believe about the incredible stories transmitted to us from ancient sources? This book presents translations of these sources - from ancient writers, coins, and inscriptions - as a guide to navigating inconsistent historical records." |
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Contents List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Important Events in Caligula’s Life and Reign Glossary Introduction xi xiii XV xvii 1 1. Family and Childhood 17 2. Young Caligula 34 3. Accession 56 4. Tensions 85 5. The Private Caligula 117 6. The Public Caligula 140 7. Outside Rome 161 8. Assassination 182 Further Reading Index 199 201
There can be few historical figures who have made such a powerful impact on the popular imagination as the Roman emperor Caligula (died ad 41). Yet an accurate reconstruction of his life and reign largely eludes us. This is paradoxical. The source material is plentiful, even lavish, by the standards of antiquity. The problem lies not so much in the quantity of evidence available, but in its quality. For our information we are obliged to draw on ancient accounts that can be colourful and wonderfully entertaining but have a flexible notion of historical truth and often seem to border on fiction. The consequence is that there is hardly a detail that the modern historian can present without deep reservations about its reliability. A biography of Caligula, in the regular modern sense of the word, is an insurmountable task, and can at best be a summary personal interpretation by an individual historian of a mass of incoherent and often inconsistent material. Where does this leave the serious general reader? This book approaches Caligula from a quite different angle, by presenting the reader with the raw material of the ancient sources. It provides over three hundred translated passages of texts, taken mainly from ancient writers, but also from coins and inscriptions. The translations are accompanied bv extensive introductions and notes. These are tailored to the non-specialist and intended to help such readers navigate material that is often contradictory, sometimes downright incredible, as well as to place events and institutions in their historical contexts. The colourful and
exotic incidents are still here but are presented in a context that will help the reader gain a more sophisticated understanding of how scholars try to reconstruct events of the past. This approach allows the reader to tackle head on the stark reality that what we read in our sources is not necessarily the truth. |
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Contents List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Important Events in Caligula’s Life and Reign Glossary Introduction xi xiii XV xvii 1 1. Family and Childhood 17 2. Young Caligula 34 3. Accession 56 4. Tensions 85 5. The Private Caligula 117 6. The Public Caligula 140 7. Outside Rome 161 8. Assassination 182 Further Reading Index 199 201
There can be few historical figures who have made such a powerful impact on the popular imagination as the Roman emperor Caligula (died ad 41). Yet an accurate reconstruction of his life and reign largely eludes us. This is paradoxical. The source material is plentiful, even lavish, by the standards of antiquity. The problem lies not so much in the quantity of evidence available, but in its quality. For our information we are obliged to draw on ancient accounts that can be colourful and wonderfully entertaining but have a flexible notion of historical truth and often seem to border on fiction. The consequence is that there is hardly a detail that the modern historian can present without deep reservations about its reliability. A biography of Caligula, in the regular modern sense of the word, is an insurmountable task, and can at best be a summary personal interpretation by an individual historian of a mass of incoherent and often inconsistent material. Where does this leave the serious general reader? This book approaches Caligula from a quite different angle, by presenting the reader with the raw material of the ancient sources. It provides over three hundred translated passages of texts, taken mainly from ancient writers, but also from coins and inscriptions. The translations are accompanied bv extensive introductions and notes. These are tailored to the non-specialist and intended to help such readers navigate material that is often contradictory, sometimes downright incredible, as well as to place events and institutions in their historical contexts. The colourful and
exotic incidents are still here but are presented in a context that will help the reader gain a more sophisticated understanding of how scholars try to reconstruct events of the past. This approach allows the reader to tackle head on the stark reality that what we read in our sources is not necessarily the truth. |
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