 "The Economist (US)")
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Caligula, Emperor of Rome.
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CALIGULA, EMPEROR OF ROME. By Arther Ferrill. Thames and Hudson; 184 pages; [British pounds] 12.95 and $22.50
EVERY schoolboy knows that Caligula was mad. The nature and depth of his madness, however, have kept generations of biographers busy. Since the invention of psychoanalysis, people in the West have tended to be a little more forgiving of history's mad tyrants; and some eminent scholars have even tried to rehabilitate Caligula. The main thrust of this study is to debunk such attempts.
"Caligula", writes Arther Ferrill, "was no Stalin or Hitler; he lacked their ...
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