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Contents Preface vii Introduction ix 1. The Romans Destroyed Carthage and Plowed Salt into the Soil 1 2. Cato the Elder Hated Greek and Punic Culture 27 3. Caesar’s Last Words Were “Et Tu, Brute” 49 4. Livia Murdered Augustus’s Heirs to Make Tiberius Emperor 73 5. Caligula Made His Horse, Incitatus, a Consul 97 6. Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned 121 7. Romans Vomited in Vomitoria 143 8. The City of Rome Was Very Hygienic 165 9. Not All Gladiators Were Slaves 189 Ancient Sources 213 Secondary Sources 225 Index 235