Caligula, Stephen DandoCollins
Caligula, Stephen DandoCollins
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Caligula
The Mad Emperor of Rome

Author: Stephen Dando-Collins

Narrator: James Anderson Foster

Unabridged: 9 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/30/2019


Synopsis

Explore all of the murder, madness and mayhem in Ancient Rome during the reign of the mad emperor, Caligula.In this book about Rome’s most infamous emperor, expert author, Stephen Dando-Collins chronicles all the palace intrigues and murders that led to Caligula becoming emperor, and details the horrors of his manic reign and the murderous consequences brought about at the hand of his sister Agrippina the Younger, his uncle Claudius and his nephew Nero.Skillfully researched, Dando-Collins puts the jigsaw pieces together to form an accurate picture of Caligula’s life and influences. Dando-Collins’ precise and thorough examination of the emperor’s life puts Caligula’s paranoid reign into perspective, examining the betrayals and deaths he experienced prior to his time in power and the onset of a near-fatal illness believed to have affected his mental-health.

About Stephen Dando-Collins

Stephen Dando-Collins is the award-winning author of 40 books, including children's novels and biographies. The majority of his works deal with military history ranging from Greek and Roman times to American 19th century history and World War I and World War II. Many of his books have been translated into foreign languages including Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Albanian and Korean. Considered an authority on the legions of ancient Rome, his most recent work on the subject, 2012's Legions of Rome, was the culmination of decades of research into the individual legions of Rome. With all his books, Dando-Collins aims to travel roads that others have not, unearthing new facts and opening new perspectives on often forgotten or overlooked people and aspects of history. Australian-born, he has a background in advertising, marketing and market research. His latest book is MR SHOWBIZ, the first ever biography of international music, stage and movie mogul Robert Stigwood, who managed the Bee Gees, Cream, Clapton, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber among many others, and produced Tommy, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Saturday Night Fever and Grease.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Robert Kiley on 2022-04-02 18:41:47

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Goodreads review by Paige

Did he really appoint his horse to Senate? Did he really commit incest with his sisters? Did he really try to erect a colossal sized statue of himself in the Temple of Jerusalem? Did he really set Pontius Pilate free? This account of Caligula attempts to settle myth from reality while separating his......more

Goodreads review by Ed

He was "bad, and dangerous to know," but was he "mad?" Probably not. Perhaps a little bit of temporal lobe epilepsy or bipolar issues, or something else which we will never know for sure, but not insane. Others have made this argument before. For example Caligula: A Biography. That book is great, bu......more