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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]
He later serves under Caligula, whom he protected in his youth. Chaerea insists that he killed Caligula for the Republic's sake, and Claudius sympathizes with him. Chaerea is foretold in the Sibyl's prophecy to be "the horse" that will kill Caligula, as Caligula rode on Chaerea's shoulders as a child.
Caligula ordered Gemellus killed within his first year in power. Backed by Naevius Sutorius Macro, Caligula asserted himself as sole princeps, though he later had Macro disposed of as well. [citation needed]. Following Gemellus' death, Caligula marked his brother-in-law, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, husband of his sister Julia Drusilla, as his
In an odd demonstration of affection, he would jokingly threaten to have her tortured or killed. [8] On 24 January, AD 41, Caligula was slain by an assassin. As part of the wider conspiracy, Milonia and her daughter Julia Drusilla were murdered just hours after Caligula's demise.
Caligula. This method of execution was uncommon throughout the time of the Roman Empire, though common during Caligula's reign, [13] when the condemned, including members of his own family, were sawn across the torso rather than lengthwise down the body. It is said that Caligula would watch such executions while he ate, stating that witnessing ...
He was then killed with his wife in 41 AD. The coin was a silver denarius that was struck, or made, in the last 24 days of Caligula's life, so this is a pretty old and rare coin that Rick said ...
According to Tacitus, Macro even played a role in bringing about Caligula's rise to power, by ordering Tiberius to be killed after it was revealed that reports of his death had been premature: Caligula had begun to take power immediately upon hearing that Tiberius had died of natural causes but without making sure that Tiberius was dead.
The narrator of the story in the Robert Graves novel I, Claudius states that Drusilla was killed by Caligula, though admitting he does not have firm evidence of this belief. This theme was embellished considerably in the 1976 BBC television adaptation of I, Claudius , where Drusilla was played by Beth Morris .