Suetonius, from The Twelve Caesars, trans. Robert Graves (1957).
Or perhaps in front of a camera. And if Caligula had had an iPhone, no doubt he would have had his face on the lock screen.
Caligula is no. 17 in the Penguin Little Black Classics series (2015).
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I like how you share this history. (and other things from those books) President Harry Truman used to get funny looks. from reporters when (from memory) he said, "The only thing new is the history you do not know."
With Caligula, any number of statements seem to be hearsay, but what fascinates me is the way the current occupant resembles the character that Suetonius presents.
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