Executions were meant as an exercise in frightfulness according to the theory developed by the Emperor Caligula: Oderint dum metuant (Let them hate us as long as they fear us).
Barbara W. Tuchman
Executions were meant as an exercise in frightfulness according to the theory developed by the Emperor Caligula: Oderint dum metuant (Let them hate us as long as they fear us).