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For the elite, this situation proved intolerable and ensured the blackening of Caligula's name in the historical record they would dictate. The sensational and hostile nature of that record, however, should in no way trivialize Gaius's importance.
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www.roman-emperors.org/gaius.htm
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March, 37 CE: At about 25 years old, Caligula was named Rome's third emperor, the first direct descendant of Augustus to take the throne (click here for a coin on which Caligula emphasizes this relationship).
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www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/caligula.html
www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/caligula.html
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Caligula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( 31 August AD 12 – 24 January AD 41), more commonly known by his cognomen Caligula (pronounced /kəˈlɪɡjʊlə/ ), was the third Roman Emperor, reigning f...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula
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'Caligula'; Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ; (AD 12 - AD 41) ... No doubt the horrendous demise of his closest relatives must have had a profound effect on the young Caligula. ... Caligula was very tall, with spindly legs and a thin neck. His eyes and temples were sunken and his forehead broad and glowering.
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www.roman-empire.net/emperors/caligula.html
www.roman-empire.net/emperors/caligula.html
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His surname Caligula ["Little Boots"] he derived from a joke of the troops, because he was brought up in their midst in the dress of a common soldier. ... for some writers say that Caligula himself later admitted, not it is true that he had committed parricide, but that he had at least meditated it at one time;
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www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/suetonius-caligula.html
www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/suetonius-caligula.html
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I have heard some of the crazy stories about the Roman emperor Caligula, his horse, and everything. I haven't seen the movie, unfortunately, but the stories circulate pretty well just by word of mouth. Anyway, recently I heard that, for the most part, this is all nonsense.
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www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2102/was-the-roman-em...
www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2102/was-the-roman-emperor-caligula-as-crazy-as-they-say
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'Caligula', more properly Gaius (Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus), was the third Roman emperor, in succession to Tiberius. He has gone down in history, perhaps unfairly, as Rome's most tyrannical emperor, but since we lack Tacitus' account of his short reign, it is impossible to know the truth behind the wilder stories.
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www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/caligula.shtml
www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/caligula.shtml
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