EPISODE · Mar 28, 2026 · 8 MIN
Episode 27: Caligula fulfils a prophecy; Herod Agrippa visits Alexandria
from The First Century · host brianschmisek
Caligula compels those who made promises for his recovery to deliver. Herod Agrippa finally sets sail for Alexandria on his way to take possession of his Judean kingdom. SHOWNOTES: For the bridge over the Gulf of Baiae, see Cassius Dio, Roman History 59.17; Suetonius Caligula, 19. Drusilla was the first Roman woman to be named divine. Later, in 42 CE, Livia will be declared so. Claudia, daughter of the Emperor Nero will be declared divine in 63, and Poppea, Nero's deceased wife, in 65. Drusilla's statue in the Temple of Venus (Cassius Dio, Roman History, 59.11.3). About Flaccus, see Philo, In Flaccum, 1-8, 43-44, 55-68.
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Caligula compels those who made promises for his recovery to deliver. Herod Agrippa finally sets sail for Alexandria on his way to take possession of his Judean kingdom. SHOWNOTES: For the bridge over the Gulf of Baiae, see Cassius Dio, Roman History 59.17; Suetonius Caligula, 19. Drusilla was the first Roman woman to be named divine. Later, in 42 CE, Livia will be declared so. Claudia, daughter of the Emperor Nero will be declared divine in 63, and Poppea, Nero's deceased wife, in 65. Drusilla's statue in the Temple of Venus (Cassius Dio, Roman History, 59.11.3). About Flaccus, see Philo, In Flaccum, 1-8, 43-44, 55-68.
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