"A Sight Unfit to See": Jewish Reactions to the Roman Imperial Cult
The general question of the relationship between the Jews and the imperial cult has received very little attention in modern literature. It is, of course, universally assumed that Jews would not have been willing to acknowledge an emperor
Julio-Claudian empresses
The social framework in which Romans lived has been reexamined in recent years. One important focus, the study of Roman women and family, has emerged.1 Indeed, social historians argue that the roles generally played by wives and mothers are crucial keys to our understanding their value in Roman society.
The Madness of the Emperor Caligula
Throughout the centuries the name of Caligula has been synonymous with madness and infamy, sadism and perversion.
Caligula, Ptolemy of Mauretania, and the danger of long hair
The purpose of this note is to offer a new interpretation of the passage where Suetonius claims that Caligula had king Ptolemy of Mauretania executed simply because the splendour of his cloak (abolla) had attracted popular attention during the games one day.