Caligula and Nero. Monsters on the throne. Tacitus P.K., Cassius D.

Unsheated atrocities and the debauchery of the Roman emperors Caligula and Nero struck contemporaries and were not forgotten after two millennia. These rulers were characterized by all the vices of power: from the mania to the indulgence of victims, from neglect of moral rules to painful suspicion, as well as cunning, treachery, greed, shamelessness. The end of the emperors was similar - they were killed by their own close associates.

the authors of this book Tacitus and Dion Cassius, the famous historians and policies of ancient Rome, in all details depicted the paintings of the reign of Caligula and Nero, paying a lot of attention to psychopathological deviations in the behavior sadly famous Roman despots.