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Caligula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Biography detailing the life and reign of the Roman Emperor Caligula. ... 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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Timeline chronicles the rise and reign of Caligula as well as his decline into madness. ... 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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'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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A biography of the Emperor Caligula which also details some of his fears and depravities. ... 'Caligula'; Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ; (AD 12 - AD 41)
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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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'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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