Caligula was born in Antium on 31 August AD 12, the third of six surviving children of Germanicus and his wife and second cousin, Meer weergeven

Tiberius died, hated by his subjects, on 16 March AD 37, a day before the Liberalia festival. Suetonius and Tacitus repeat rumours that Caligula, possibly assisted by Macro, smothered Tiberius with a pillow. Philo, leading Jewish-Greek philosopher and … Meer weergeven

Caligula shared many of the popular passions and enthusiasms of the lower classes and young aristocrats: public spectacles, particularly gladiator contests, chariot and … Meer weergeven

In film and series
• Welsh actor Emlyn Williams was cast as Caligula in the never-completed 1937 film I, Claudius.
• He … Meer weergeven

Philo describes Caligula as the first emperor admired by "all the world, from the rising to the setting sun." Suetonius writes that Caligula was loved by many, for being the beloved son of the popular Germanicus and for not being Tiberius. Three … Meer weergeven

In the course of 39, Caligula's increasingly tense relationship with his Senate deteriorated into outright hostility and confrontation. … Meer weergeven

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