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Caligula was born in Antium on 31 August AD 12, the third of six surviving children of Germanicus and his wife and second cousin, Agrippina the Elder.Germanicus was a grandson of Mark Antony, and Agrippina was the daughter of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder, making her the granddaughter of Augustus. [5]
The satirist Juvenal suggests that Caligula's madness was the result of a love potion administered to him by Milonia. [6] Milonia was pregnant at the time of the marriage, and gave birth to a daughter, Julia Drusilla, only one month later (or according to Suetonius, on her wedding day). [7] [4]
Claudilla was given in marriage to the young prince by his grand-uncle the Emperor Tiberius. [4] Tiberius reasons for arranging the match is unknown. In terms of succession it made no obvious sense as each of Caligula's brothers had been married off to a cousin within the Julio-Claudian family, adding extra prestige to the men, while Claudilla is not known to have had any such ancestry.
Julia Drusilla (Classical Latin: IVLIA•DRVSILLA; [1] middle of AD 39 – 24 January 41), sometimes known as Drusilla the Younger (Classical Latin: DRVSILLA•MINOR; transcribed as Drusilla Minor) during her lifetime, was the only child and daughter of Roman Emperor Gaius and his fourth and last wife Milonia Caesonia.
In 37, Germanicus' only remaining son, Caligula, became emperor and renamed September Germanicus in honor of his father. [80] Many Romans, in the account of Tacitus, considered Germanicus to be their equivalent to Alexander the Great, and believed that he would have easily surpassed the achievements of Alexander had he become emperor. [ 2 ]
Mirren, who plays Caesonia, Caligula’s wife, took it in good humour, calling the film “an irresistible mix of art and genitals”. But critics were appalled. ... the creator of the TV show Son ...
[a] After Caligula became emperor in 37, he ordered their divorce and married his sister to his friend Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. [4] During an illness in 37, Caligula changed his will to name Drusilla his heir, [5] making her the first woman to be named heir in a Roman imperial will.
The wives of the Roman emperor Caligula (reigned 37–41). Pages in category "Wives of Caligula" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.