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Title: Caligula: Divine Garbage
Review: This is the most inaccurate account of the Roman emperors I have ever read. It is also one of the least academic. The authors refer to "documents that have recently been discovered" as the basis for their facts but NOWHERE do they tell you where to find these "documents". Anyone with the least bit of intelligence will also know that their description e.g. of the sexual behavior of spectators at the gladiatorial games is far-fetched and made up and sensational, to say the least. Their description of how some gladiators were so well trained that they could decapitate another, and have the blood spurting out of his neck then form the letters of the name of the emperor, is absolutely ludicrous. It is a pity that a book like this exists -do NOT waste your money on this book.
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