Kingbreakers: The Praetorian Guard
Conflicted: A History Podcast
Caligula and the Pretorian Guard
When he wasn't raping the aristocratic wives of rome, caligula was tanking the roman economy with massive vanity projects and public spectacles. He ordered golden statues of himself to be erected in temples next to figures like jupiter and mars. Caligula made a habit of putting senators who opposed or even disagreed with him to death. There's a manic restlessness to caligula that seems to drive his lack of impulse control.
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