Caligula | 
so-soThe story of Rufus, slave of a wild animal supplier for the arena under Tiberius and later bought by Caligula to look after his elephant.
I didn't find the first half of the book very interesting. It relies on cliches of ancient Rome rather than building up a world for itself. For me the book only really got going once Rufus was well-established at the palace and caught up in the plots and counter-plots. ⬇
rwmg Although Jackson is definitely of the 'Caligula was a sadistic nut case' school of thought, he does appreciate that that is not the whole story. Many of the more outrageous but well known stories of Caligula are dismissed as misunderstandings of his sarcastic remarks. Nevertheless, this does leave us with some extremely unpleasant material to get through – I won't forget the description of the execution of Fronto quickly. 10mo
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