"Destiny's Tide: From Exile to Empire"

By Elyse DeBarre

✨ Special Holiday Edition! ✨

As the festive season approaches, immerse yourself in the ancient world of Rome, a narrative in which the enigmatic Magi and references to Hanukkah make a subtle yet profound appearances.

In this research, I shall attempt, through a perusal of some of the ancient sources and through reading some of the theories of modern historians, to attain a better understanding of the personality and reign of the emperor Gaius, commonly known as Caligula. To this end, my focus will be on the writings of Cassius Dio. At the same time, I shall discuss of the life of Marcus Julius Agrippa I and his relationship to Gaius, and show how an understanding of Agrippa and his relationship with Gaius might also throw some light on the personality and reign of Caesar Caligula.