sses further with Vespasian marrying a suitable wife, since he is not legally allowed to marry Caenis. He embarks on his political career and Imperial Rome sees a flurry of Emperors leading up to the time known as "The Year of the Four Emperors". All of these events are seen through Caenis' eyes who provides many wonderful insights to the erratic lives of emperors, including the crazy and murderous antics of the emperor Gaius Caligula, as follows: "Caligula had changed fully into the monster that had been merely foreshadowed before. He was ready to test his power to the limit- and there was no limit. He killed his rival, Gemellus. He declared himself a living god. There was a rumour that Caligula intended to award Incitatus, his horse, a consulship." (Davis, p142)The antics of Gaius Caligula according to Davis have been backed up by the following quote -"he revealed the havoc an irresponsible ruler might create" (Syme, p439)"Gaius the Emperor was replaced by Gaius the Monster. He made some of the highest officials run for miles beside his chariot, dressed in their gowns, or wait in short linen tunics at the head or foot of his dining couch" (ibid, 26)Gaius Caligula was a keen supporter of games and entertainment in Ancient Rome, spending all of the treasury money on expensive gladiatorial displays and wild beast hunts. "The Course of Honour" also provides an insight into the leisure time of Ancient Romans, again showing the accurate interaction between the social life and political life of the times in the quote, "The art of the tragic pantomime had developed nearly to its' peak. The mood of the story was conveyed by an orchestra of wind and percussion." (Davis p.42) The following primary source clarifies this quote by saying:"Ballet was the highly popular, sophisticated dances of the Pantomimi, who danced traditional themes in dumb-show, with music and chorus, beloved by the Roman Republic." (Tacitus p.402)After Caligulas assassinat...
