ACCOUNTS OF SUETONIUS: THE MURDER OF THE TYRANT CALIGULA

Authors

  • José Luís L. Brandão

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/2183-7260_61_8

Keywords:

Caligula, Suetonius, biography, empire, tyranny

Abstract

One of the most symbolic deaths in Suetonius is that of Caligula, comparable to the death of Julius Caesar, and equally sanctioned by the Roman traditional mentality as a justified attack to the tyranny into which had fallen this reign. Therefore, this assassinate is narrated by Suetonius and by parallel sources like a sort of ritual immolation carried out by the conspirators. Anyway, such as the slaughter of Caesar of 44 B.C., the sacrifice of Caligula was a lost opportunity to restore the republican freedom.

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Published

2016-12-29

How to Cite

Brandão, J. L. L. (2016). ACCOUNTS OF SUETONIUS: THE MURDER OF THE TYRANT CALIGULA. Boletim De Estudos Clássicos, (61), 121-136. https://doi.org/10.14195/2183-7260_61_8

Issue

No. 61 (2016): Boletim de Estudos Clássicos N61

Section

Latin

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