Torture of an actress
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23429537 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Stothard (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Pages | 129-132 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-25 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Palatine (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780197555286.003.0028 |
| OpenAlex | W4366543920 |
| ISBN | 9780197555286 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
Cassius Chaerea was a guardsman softened by court life whom Caligula enjoyed mocking as effeminate, giving him erotic daily passwords to hand on to his men, turning his own security into a sexual comedy. Quintilia was an actress, suspected of knowledge of an assassination plot. Caligula hoped that Chaerea would be so determined to prove his masculinity that he would be her especially brutal torturer. Chaerea did what he was told to do. Quintilia revealed nothing. Maybe she had not known much. Chaerea so wrecked her body and face that even Caligula himself felt guilty. When the emperor ordered compensation for the no longer beautiful actress, Chaerea was ridden by guilt. He followed Caligula into a corridor and hacked him with his sword. Others added blows. Loyal bodyguards briefly fought the assassins but there was little loyalty to Caligula once he was dead.
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