Episode 11 – Caligula …
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Publication Date |
Aug 20, 2013
Episode Duration |
00:31:28
We examine Caligula's rise to power, the changes his principate means for the developing empire of Rome, and touch on the some of the shocking tales connected with his reign. It's times like these, dear listener, that you begin to wish Tacitus' account of this period had survived - could the sources be less balanced?
Caligula is a man who doesn't need much of an introduction, yet nevertheless shall suffer one here from the Partial Historians. If anyone stands out from the Julio-Claudians for their sheer audacity, it is Gaius Caesar ... more notoriously remembered through history by his nickname 'little boots'. In this episode, we examine Gaius Caesar's rise to power, the changes his principate means for the developing empire of Rome, and touch on the some of the shocking tales connected with his reign. It's times like these, dear listener, that you begin to wish Tacitus' account of this period had survived - could the sources be less balanced? The controversies are explored below: 11-Caligula-2018-Update.mp3">Caligula 11-Caligula-2018-Update.mp3">https://partialhistorians.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Episode-11-Caligula-2018-Update.mp3   Marble bust of Caligula (left); Reconstruction of the polychromy on a plaster replica (right) at NY Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. Image courtesy of Diagram Lajard / Wikimedia Commons

Caligula is a man who doesn’t need much of an introduction, yet nevertheless shall suffer one here from the Partial Historians. If anyone stands out from the Julio-Claudians for their sheer audacity, it is Gaius Caesar … more notoriously remembered through history by his nickname ‘little boots’.

In this episode, we examine Gaius Caesar’s rise to power, the changes his principate means for the developing empire of Rome, and touch on the some of the shocking tales connected with his reign.

It’s times like these, dear listener, that you begin to wish Tacitus’ account of this period had survived – could the sources be less balanced? The controversies are explored below:

11-Caligula-2018-Update.mp3">Caligula

11-Caligula-2018-Update.mp3">https://partialhistorians.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Episode-11-Caligula-2018-Update.mp3

 

CaligulaMarble bust of Caligula (left); Reconstruction of the polychromy on a plaster replica (right) at NY Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. Image courtesy of Diagram Lajard / Wikimedia Commons

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