Blood of the Caesars: How the Murder of Germanicus Led to the Fall of RomeWiley, 26. feb. 2008 - 288 strani Could the killing of Germanicus Julius Caesar—the grandson of Mark Antony, adopted son of the emperor Tiberius, father of Caligula, and grandfather of Nero—while the Roman Empire was still in its infancy have been the root cause of the empire's collapse more than four centuries later? This brilliant investigation of Germanicus Caesar’s death and its aftermath is both a compelling history and first-class murder mystery with a plot twist Agatha Christie would envy. |
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... poisons was vomiting , so more often than not , all the use of purgatives achieved was the further weakening of the patient . The actual poison administered to Germanicus would never be identified by Roman authorities . Roman physicians ...
... poisons was vomiting , so more often than not , all the use of purgatives achieved was the further weakening of the patient . The actual poison administered to Germanicus would never be identified by Roman authorities . Roman physicians ...
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... poisons available that left no obvious trace . Such a poison would have been used in the murder of Germani- cus's adoptive brother Drusus the Younger . So why would anyone be unwise enough to leave his or her calling card by using ...
... poisons available that left no obvious trace . Such a poison would have been used in the murder of Germani- cus's adoptive brother Drusus the Younger . So why would anyone be unwise enough to leave his or her calling card by using ...
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... Poisons : From Hemlock to Botox and the Killer Bean of Calabar . New York : Little , Brown , 2005 . MacMullen , R. Soldier and Civilian in the Later Roman Empire . Cambridge , Mass .: Harvard University Press , 1967 . Mannix , D. P. ...
... Poisons : From Hemlock to Botox and the Killer Bean of Calabar . New York : Little , Brown , 2005 . MacMullen , R. Soldier and Civilian in the Later Roman Empire . Cambridge , Mass .: Harvard University Press , 1967 . Mannix , D. P. ...
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The Murder of Germanicus Caesar | 5 |
The Immediate Aftermath | 15 |
The Return to Rome | 25 |
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