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CALIGULA THE CORRUPTION OF POWER CALIGULA THE CORRUPTION OF POWER Anthony A. Barrett London and New York First published 1989 by B.T. Batsford Ltd Paperback edition 1993 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2001. © 1989 Anthony A. Barrett All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0–415–21485–8 (Print Edition) ISBN 0-203-13776-0 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-17980-3 (Glassbook Format) CONTENTS List of Illustrations vi Outline of Significant Events xii Foreword xv 1 Family Background 1 2 Struggle for the Succession 17 3 Private Pursuits 42 4 The New Emperor 50 5 Signs of Strain 73 6 Conspiracy 91 7 North Africa 115 8 Britain and Germany 125 9 Divine Honours 140 10 Assassination 154 11 Aftermath 172 12 Caligula and the Jews 182 13 Caligula the Builder 192 14 Fit to Rule? 213 Appendix 1: Caligula’s named victims 242 Appendix 2: Coins, Inscriptions and Sculpture 244 Notes and References 255 Bibliography 316 Index 329 v THE ILLUSTRATIONS Photographs between pages 166 and 167 1 The Grand Camée 2 Agrippina Major 3 Gemellus 4 Drusilla 5 Caligula 6 Caligula 7 Caligula 8 Caligula 9–13 Aureii and Denarii 14 Quinarius 15 Sestertius 16–19 Sestertii 20–21 Dupondii 22–24 Asses 25 Quadrans 26 Didrachm 27–28 Drachms 29 Coins of Miletus: unidentified temple 30 Coin of Apamea: Caligula’s Sisters 31 Coin of Herod Agrippa: Caesonia vi LINE ILLUSTRATIONS Stemmata 1 The Julio-Claudians viii–ix 2 The dynastic links of Antonia Minor 25 3 The family connections of Vinicius and Vinicianus 33 4 The family connections of Herod Agrippa 35 5 The family connections of M. Aemilius Lepidus, husband of Drusilla 83 6 The family of Cunobelinus 128 Maps and Plans 1 The Roman world during the lifetime of Caligula x–xi 2 North Africa 114 3 The North West 124 4 The Eastern Mediterranean 181 5 Ager Vaticanus 197 6 The Palatine Hill 204 7 ‘Caligula’s house’ 208 The author wishes to thank Dr Miriam Griffin for permission to reproduce stemma no. 1 from her book Nero: the End of a Dynasty and Professor Anthony Birley for permission to adapt map no. 1 from Marcus Aurelius: a Biography. vii
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