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I haven't dug into it much, but isn't Tacitus also one of three sources about Caligula? Could it not be that a lot of the reputation of the Julio-Claudians was

I haven't dug into it much, but isn't Tacitus also one of three sources about Caligula? Could it not be that a lot of the reputation of the Julio-Claudians was exaggerated well after nobody could or would defend them?

rkk3 5y ago
Easy to underestimate the historians incentive to blame the previous regime & to paint their patrons ancestors in good light.
rsynnott 5y ago
The more fantastical Caligula stuff also generally isn't taken seriously these days.