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Description for Caligula
Paperback. Presents the biography of the brutal, crazed and incestuous Roman Emperor Caligula, who tried to appoint his own horse consul. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; DN; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 113 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
'Because of his baldness and hairiness, he announced it was a capital offence for anyone either to look down on him as he passed or to mention goats in any context.'
The biography of the brutal, crazed and incestuous Roman Emperor Caligula, who tried to appoint his own horse consul.
Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2015
Series
Penguin Little Black Classics
Condition
New
Weight
53g
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141397924
SKU
V9780141397924
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99-99
About Suetonius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus was probably born in AD69 - the famous 'year of the four Emperors'. From the letters of Suetonius' close friend Pliny the Younger we learn that he practiced briefly at the bar, avoided political life, and became chief secretary to the Emperor Hadrian (AD117-38). Suetonius seems to have lived to a good age and probably died around ... Read more
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