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060- No Better Slave, No Worse Master

The History of Rome

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The Life and Times of Caligula

Caligula was married four times in his short life. His first wife died in childbirth and his second and third wives came and going within a matter of months. The constant matrons of Caligula's house then in the early part of his reign were not his wives, but rather his sisters - particularly Drew Silla. During his bachelor periods between wives, Caligula eschewed the custom of rotating hostesses for his dinner parties,. instead sticking exclusively with Drew Silla to say that she is my wife.

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