Ebook {Epub PDF} Caligula: A Biography by Aloys Winterling

 · ISBN $ Preview. The emperor Gaius Caligula continues to haunt the imagination of scholars and members of the general public alike, as evidenced by a number of biographies which have attempted to assess his reign and character. 1 Advances have been made in understanding Caligula’s actions in the context of the political upheavals of his www.doorway.ru: Jonathan Eaton. Aloys Winterling, Caligula: a biography. Berkeley: University of California Press, ISBN Pp. viii + Caligula: a biography by Aloys Winterling was originally released in German and was largely intended to be a study of the Roman Emperor for a ‘general audience’. The.  · Winterling has produced an innovative biography which takes a novel approach to interpreting the historiography of Caligula’s reign. Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR) “Presents Roman emperor Caligula in a new light. Booklist “Seeks to rehabilitate one of the most infamous Roman emperors, commonly believed to have been deranged. New YorkerBrand: University of California Press.

Caligula: A Biography by Winterling, Aloys available in Hardcover on www.doorway.ru, also read synopsis and reviews. The infamous emperor Caligula ruled Rome from A.D. 37 to 41 as a tyrant who ultimately became a. Caligula: A Biography. Caligula.: Aloys Winterling. University of California Press, Sep 1, - Political Science - pages. 1 Review. The infamous emperor Caligula ruled Rome from A.D. 37 to 41 as a tyrant who ultimately became a monster. An exceptionally smart and cruelly witty man, Caligula made his contemporaries worship him as a god. Aloys Winterling makes a compelling case in this historical analysis for an alternative view to the accepted understanding of Caligula as a 'mad emperor'. AW takes each claim exacted upon Caligula and puts them into a historical context with astute commentary from himself and other contemporaries while backing any hypotheses with ancient sources.

ISBN $ Preview. The emperor Gaius Caligula continues to haunt the imagination of scholars and members of the general public alike, as evidenced by a number of biographies which have attempted to assess his reign and character. 1 Advances have been made in understanding Caligula’s actions in the context of the political upheavals of his reign. Caligula: A Biography Joan Palevsky Imprint in Classical Literature: Author: Aloys Winterling: Publisher: University of California Press, ISBN: , Length: pages. Aloys Winterling, Caligula: a biography. Berkeley: University of California Press, ISBN Pp. viii + Caligula: a biography by Aloys Winterling was originally released in German and was largely intended to be a study of the Roman Emperor for a ‘general audience’. The.