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I need a good biography on Caligula, does anyone have any suggestions. Also, any good historical fiction in ancient Rome as well. Would be much appreciated.

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>> No.460645

also...
I, Claudius
Claudius the God
Let the Emperor Speak
Quo Vadis

I can't vouch for authenticity, but they were good reads.

>> No.460650

>>460645
Authenticity is never an issue for me. Most authors will tell you everything they changed for the sake of the story in an author's note anyways.

>> No.460652

>>460645
>I, Claudius
>Claudius the God

Treat these like any other Graves text: pure fiction.

>> No.460653

>>460652
>Treat these like any other Graves text: pure fiction.
Only the Caligula parts, or the whole book, speaking of I Claudius. Augustus and Tiberius parts seemed complying with historians as far as I remember.