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5/29/2022: High Velocity, The Green River Drift, Caligula’s Gardens

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I Shall Seve Each One at the Neck

i claudius is based on two historical novels by robert graves. In the show caligula turns his palace into a brothel, makes his horse a high ranking senator and declares himself a living god. But how much of that portrayal is real? Andrew wallace hadrill has closely studied the few written accounts from caligula's time.

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