All things are lawful to me.

Following a very brief summary of the public offices held by the upper echelons of Roman life and an even briefer family history prior to his becoming emperkr, Caligula's reign is presented in what amounts to a short series of highlights. The accusation of being misrepresented by historians is then proposed but all is too briefly touched upon to even begin to formulate a theory. The whole is dependent on the reader already being informed about Calgula's reputation and is useful only in possibly encouraging the reader to both return to the infamous stories of Seutonius and other Roman historians to re-evaluate what they say about Caligula. Is it possible that he was not mad, merely vindictive?

This was a free download from The History Hour. Whilst interesting, it attempted to put too many aspects into the time period (about ninety minutes) alllowed. The narration was also both slow - turn playback to 1.25 - and jerky, although Jerry Beebe's obvious enthusiasm for the topic was a p!measure to hear. Very short and poses a useful debating point.

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