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  Helicon was executed under Claudius. Etruscus survived, amazingly, into the reign of Domitian (AD81 - 96), and died at the age of ninety.

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  Finally, two recommendations. If you’re interested in the history of the period per se, then I cannot recommend highly enough Professor Anthony Barrett’s book ‘Caligula: the Corruption of Power’ (Batsford 1989, reprinted Routlege 2000). Comprehensive, thorough, beautifully written, and a tremendously good read. The same goes for ‘Philo’s Alexandria’, by Dorothy Sly (Routlege 1996), to which I am seriously indebted for the topographical details of the city. My grateful thanks to Professor Harry Hine, of the School of Classics, University of St Andrews, for pointing me in its direction.

  To find out about other titles in the Corvinus series – and those which aren’t – in both printed and electronic form, please go to my website, http://www.david-wishart.co.uk

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