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Extensively quoted and discussed throughout the episode as the primary source for information about Caligula. The hosts read passages from it and analyze Suetonius's account of Caligula's life and reign.

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Referenced when Tom compares Caligula's behavior of contorting his face in the mirror to make it more fearsome to 'the malevolent dwarf Quilp in Charles Dickens' old curiosity shop.'

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Mentioned as a historical source that covers Tiberius but not Caligula: 'we have Tacitus for Tiberius, but we don't have Tacitus for Caligula.' His historical works are referenced as containing fuller accounts of events.

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Mentioned as a fragmentary source for Caligula and later described as 'the great Judean historian' who 'has quite a detailed account that seems to draw on quite authoritative sources' regarding Caligula's death.

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Described as 'a German scholar... who's written brilliantly about Caligula' and quoted regarding the incest accusations against Caligula being later fabrications.

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Mentioned as a play written about Caligula: 'Albert Camus wrote a play about him' in the context of discussing how Caligula has become 'almost a kind of existential hero' in recent times.