简介:Ifchapters7to10ofTacitus'Annalswereextant,wewouldhaveamorereliableandcriticalaccountofCaligula'sreign,butasitiswecanonlyconsultSuetonius,CassiusDio,JosephusandPhilo.2OfthesewritersonlyPhilowasacontemporaryandhadpersonalacquaintanceofCaligula.Philo'sEmbassytoGainsrelatesthecomingoftworivalembassiestoCaligulafromAlexandria,oneconsistingofJewsandtheotherofGreeks.Philo,beingamemberoftheJewishdelegation,witnessedandsufferedfromtheself-conceitofCaligulaandhishostilitytotheJews.Theaccountasitsurvivesdoesnotpretend...