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Caligula
by Simon Turney
Book 1 in the The Damned Emperors series.
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Rome, AD 37–41. Gaius Caligula emerges from a family devastated by Tiberius’s suspicions and is welcomed as the young ruler who may restore confidence after years of fear. His sister Julia Livilla remembers the affectionate brother beneath the public image and watches the court adjust to a sudden change of emperor.
Illness, grief and unchecked authority gradually alter Caligula’s relationships and judgement. Executions, confiscations and theatrical demonstrations of power isolate him from those who might intervene. Told from within the imperial family, the novel examines how trauma and political insecurity contributed to a reign later reduced by hostile sources to a catalogue of madness.
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