Caligula

Caligula
3rd Emperor o the Roman Empire
Bust o Caligula (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek)
Ring37 AD - 41 AD
PredecessorTiberius, great uncle
SuccessorClaudius, uncle
Born31 August 12 AD
Antium, Italy
Dee'd24 Januar 41 AD (aged 28)
Palatine Hill, Roum
BuirialMausoleum o Augustus, Roum
Wifes
IssueJulia Drusilla
Tiberius Gemellus (adoptive)
Full name
Birth tae accession: Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus
As Emperor: Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
HooseJulio-Claudian Dynasty
FaitherGermanicus
MitherAgrippina the Elder

Caligula (Laitin: Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus;[1] 31 August 12 AD – 24 Januar 41 AD), cried Gaius an aa, wis Roman Emperor frae 37 AD tae 41 AD. Caligula wis a member o the hoose o rulers conventionally kent as the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Caligula's faither Germanicus, the nephew an adoptit son o Emperor Tiberius, wis a verra successfu general an ane o Roum's maist belovit public figures. The yung Gaius earnt the byname Caligula (meanin "wee sodger's boot", the diminutive furm o caliga, hob-nailed militar boot) frae his faither's sodgers whiles accompanyin him durin his campaigns in Germany.

References

  1. ↑ In Clessical Laitin, Caligula's name would be inscribed as GAIVS IVLIVS CAESAR AVGVSTVS GERMANICVS.

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