Cremations back then couldn't reach temperatures high enough to completely destroy a body, and the heart is protected by nearby organs, not to mention that the human body contains a lot of water, making it harder to burn. Is a poisoned heart actually fire proof? I've never heard of that before
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A fascinating history from an almost contemporary source. From the way it was written it seems that it was written a generation or two after Caligula's Assassination, so unlikely to be completely accurate but a better source than many of the ones out there.
I think everyone knows a little about the story of Caligula, and this builds on that and offers some background on his family and his rise to Emperor, as well as...
pickFascinating short biography of the insane Roman Emperor Caligula. Murder, torture, incest. No wonder he was assassinated.
And onto the second instalment of this weeks penguin classics, the blurb sounds exciting!
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