It's about him. About the one about whom contemporaries said: everything evil and vicious in his soul grew out, drowning out the good and humane, and there was no less envy and malice in him than pride and ferocity. About a man who himself felt the darkness of his mind and more than once thought about retiring from work in order to clear his brain. This is about Caligula. The rise of the empire and one of the brightest periods in the history of the Eternal City. Patricians and mob. Luxury and slavery. Unbridled idleness: horse racing, animal persecution, gladiator fights, sacrifices. And also whirlpools of intrigue, conspiracies, orgies, murders. All this is Rome during the era of Caligula’s principate. “Let them hate, as long as they are afraid!” — Guy Caesar Caligula liked to repeat. And the Romans were afraid. They were afraid and endured the cruel tyranny, sadism and crazy antics of the emperor. “You are all destined to live in the shadow of my greatness! And woe to him who encroaches on the Roman god!” The best book about the times of Caligula’s Principate. One of the best books about Ancient Rome.