Suétone - C. Suetonii Tranquilli. C. Caesar. Caligula - 1783
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C. Suetoni Tranquilli. C. Caesar. Caligula, a Latin reissue edited by Suetoni, published by Biponti in 1783, with a brown half-leather binding and 459 pages in original Latin, in good condition.
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Rare edition of this biography of Emperor Caligula written by Suetonius, included in the cycle of the Lives of the Twelve Caesars.
The text traces the rise of Caius Julius Caesar Germanicus, nicknamed Caligula, from his childhood marked by his father Germanicus's popularity to his imperial reign, characterized by a series of excesses, cruelties, and extravagant gestures.
Suetonius describes in detail the physical traits, habits, speeches, and decisions of the emperor, emphasizing the tyrannical drift and madness that characterize his rule, oscillating between moments of generosity and episodes of arbitrary violence.
The work highlights the tension between the public image of a prince adored at the beginning of his reign and the reality of a sovereign who has become a symbol of excess and moral corruption.
Suetonius - C. Suetonius Tranquillus. C. Caesar. Caligula - 1783 - Biponti -
Pages 26/433
Good condition of the binding, work in its original brown half-leather, marbled boards, signs of use, some epidermures, rounded corners, missing headcaps, spine with raised bands, gilt titling on a morocco piece.
Good interior condition, browning, portrait in a medallion on the title.
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Rare edition of this biography of Emperor Caligula written by Suetonius, included in the cycle of the Lives of the Twelve Caesars.
The text traces the rise of Caius Julius Caesar Germanicus, nicknamed Caligula, from his childhood marked by his father Germanicus's popularity to his imperial reign, characterized by a series of excesses, cruelties, and extravagant gestures.
Suetonius describes in detail the physical traits, habits, speeches, and decisions of the emperor, emphasizing the tyrannical drift and madness that characterize his rule, oscillating between moments of generosity and episodes of arbitrary violence.
The work highlights the tension between the public image of a prince adored at the beginning of his reign and the reality of a sovereign who has become a symbol of excess and moral corruption.
Suetonius - C. Suetonius Tranquillus. C. Caesar. Caligula - 1783 - Biponti -
Pages 26/433
Good condition of the binding, work in its original brown half-leather, marbled boards, signs of use, some epidermures, rounded corners, missing headcaps, spine with raised bands, gilt titling on a morocco piece.
Good interior condition, browning, portrait in a medallion on the title.
Delivery service guaranteed within a few days.
Details
Number of Books
1
Subject
Biographies and memoirs, History, Literature
Book Title
C. Suetonii Tranquilli. C. Caesar. Caligula
Author/ Illustrator
Suétone
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1783
Edition
Reprint
Language
Latin
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Biponti
Binding/ Material
Half leather
Number of pages
459
