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77 reviews
Lloyd C. Douglas

Mariner Books, 1999

The best of the best!
I suppose one must be careful about how one throws out the phrase, "This is the best book I have ever read". Memories can be short and values change. And of course there is always the matter of someone with a vein throbbing in the forehead of their beet red face, pointing a quivering finger at you and screaming, "What about the Bible!?". And then the matter of categorization (I used to own a ...

Suetonius, Vol. 1: The Lives of the Caesars--Julius. Augustus. Tiberius. Gaius. Caligula (Loeb Classical ...

1 review
Suetonius

Loeb Classical Library, 1914

Great resource!
This edition has the Latin text printed on the left side, with the corresponding English translation on the right. A splendid resource for Classical students or anyone wishing to see the original text as well as the English meaning.

From Caligula to Constantine: Tyranny & Transformation in Roman Portraiture

Michael C Carlos Museum, 2001

For centuries after their reigns, the "bad" emperors of Rome have captured the popular imagination, their legends inspiring novels, works of art, and films. From Caligula to Constantine explores how these and other notorious figures of Roman history were portrayed during their lifetimes, and the reaction to their deaths. In a world without mass media, portraits in stone, bronze, and other materials broadcast the ruler's image throughout the ...

The Lives of The Twelve Caesars

LeClue, 2007

?The Lives of the Twelve Caesars? was written around 100 AD just after one of the most turbulent times in ancient history when Rome had been undergoing a number of Civil wars. Recorded by Suetonius who was an eye witness to the later conflicts and infighting. This unique work has been used as the basis for a number of films and television series including ?Gladiator?, ?Rome?, "Spartacus" and ?I Claudius?

I, Claudius : From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54 ...

160 reviews
Robert Graves

Vintage, 1989

Totally awesome
"I Claudius" was the first book that convinced me that history could be engrossing. Ridiculously fun to read - it delivers a thrill on a level with the first time you saw "The Mikado", heard the Saint-Saens cello concerto, Callas singing 'Casta Diva'. You get the picture. It is a stroke of genius for Graves to choose Claudius, the drooling 'halfwit' among the Caesars, overlooked and ridiculed ...

Tacitus - The Histories of Ancient Rome

MacMay, 2008

Tacitus (ca. 56 ? ca. 117) was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works?the Annals and the Histories?examine the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and those that reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors. These two works span the history of the Roman Empire from the death of Augustus in 14 AD to the death of emperor Domitian in 96 AD.

Caligula: The Corruption of Power

20 reviews
Anthony A. Barrett

Yale University Press, 1998

Caligula's Iconography and Coinage
I found that this book most suprisingly has one of the most detailed and exhaustive bibliographies on obscure and hard to find references for Julio Claudian numismatists and iconographers. You don't need college to have a greater understanding of princeps Gaius Caligula. Worth the price of the book. Joe Geranio

Caligula for President: Better American Living Through Tyranny
Cintra Wilson

Bloomsbury USA, 2008

In this inventive and biting satire, acclaimed novelist and cultural critic Cintra Wilson reimagines America?s Manifest Destiny as helmed by Caligula, the only leader in world history capable of turning our floundering democracy into a fully functioning?and totally fun?tyranny, both here and abroad. With Caligula running the show, America will finally be able to achieve what the founding fathers really wanted, but never had the nerve to admit. ...

Caligula: Divine Carnage: Atrocities of the Roman Emperors

19 reviews
Stephen Barber, Jeremy Reed

Solar Books, 2006

Like watching a Hollywood movie
This is worth reading for entertainment. It is not boring by any stretch and you may find that you finish this book far sooner than you would have thought. The authors do not offer any real proof of any claim within. The stories of the excessive emperors are too fantastical to be true. The book has all the charm of a Hollywood movie. It is exciting, grotesque, shocking, and sinfully ...

Caligula and Three Other Plays

5 reviews
Albert Camus

Vintage, 1962

To tell the reader what he WILL find in this book!
Camus' raw talent. There isn't anything negative to say about Camus, other than he died too young. If he'd lived through the 60's, he'd at the most give Sartre a good run for his money. I love Camus simply because he's the only writer/philosopher who 'beats you up' with the truth, and comforts you with the notion, that he too has done this to himself. He doesn't try to replace your religion ...

Caligula and The Fight For Artistic Freedom: The Making, Marketing and Impact of the Bob Guccione Film
William Hawes

McFarland & Company, 2008

Caligula

1 review
Allan Massie

Sceptre, 2004

A sympathetic attempt
Massie's effort at the third Claudio-Julian Emperor, Caligula, one of history's atypical evil leaders is presented in a sympathetic slant here, more pages devoted to understanding the plight of a man upon whom greatness was thrust, but who was ill-equipped to deal with leading the world's greatest empire than actually detailing the nature of his brutality. Caligula, an emperor, whom for Massie at ...

Caligula and 3 Other Plays
Albert. Camus

Vintage, 1958

Paperback book with artwork design by george giusti that appears to be an abstract horse A Vintage Book Drama

Caligula et Camus: Interférences transhistoriques (Faux Titre 274) (Faux Titre)
Sophie Bastien

Rodopi, 2006

Alors que le théâtre d?Albert Camus reçoit de plus en plus de considération de la part des universitaires, cet ouvrage se consacre à la meilleure pièce camusienne, Caligula. Il en propose une analyse structurelle, pour en faire ressortir toute la métathéâtralité, et définit les rapports complexes que celle-ci entretient avec la folie et le politique : il cerne ainsi dans leur interaction les motifs qui sont au c?ur de l??uvre. De plus, il ...

The Art of Forgetting: Disgrace and Oblivion in Roman Political Culture (Studies in the History of Greece and ...
Harriet I. Flower

The University of North Carolina Press, 2006

Elite Romans periodically chose to limit or destroy the memory of a leading citizen who was deemed an unworthy member of the community. Sanctions against memory could lead to the removal or mutilation of portraits and public inscriptions. Harriet Flower provides the first chronological overview of the development of this Roman practice?an instruction to forget?from archaic times into the second century A.D. Early memory sanctions were employed ...

Caligula
Albert Camus

Gallimard, 2004

Caligula: The Corruption of Power
Anthony Barrett

Routledge, 2006

Caligula (Pocket Penguins 70's)
Robert Graves

Penguin Books Ltd, 2005

The Roman and The Teuton

MacMay, 2008

Originally published in 1864, -The Roman and the Teuton- is one of Kingsley?s most popular works. This historical piece of writing highly praises the Germanic power and derides the Latin civilization. Absorbing and appealing! This Super Large 18pt Edition has been optimized for readers with considerable loss of normal vision who prefer intense bold 18pt large type. About the Author English novelist, clergyman and professor. Kingsley was one of ...

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