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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]
Tiberius's life is close to an end, and Caligula has been chosen to succeed him. Claudius knows that his nephew, Caligula, shares nothing of his father's virtuous nature. After just a few months of being on the throne, the people of Rome grow tired of Caligula's excesses and eccentricities.
I, Claudius is written as a first-person narrative of Roman history from Claudius' perspective, covering the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, and Caligula; Claudius the God is written as a later addition documenting Claudius' own reign. The real Claudius was a trained historian and is known to have written an autobiography (now lost) in eight ...
The details point to Caligula, son of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, and emperor of Rome from 37 to 41, the ministry said, adding that there are literary references that seem to confirm the ...
Most of what is known about the reign of Caligula comes from Suetonius. Other contemporary Roman works, such as those of Tacitus, contain little, if anything, about Caligula. Presumably most of what existed regarding his reign was lost long ago. For most of the work, Suetonius refers to Caligula by his actual first name, Gaius.
Jewish sources on emperors, polytheistic cult and the meaning of Empire are fraught with interpretive difficulties. In Caligula's reign, Jews resisted the placing of Caligula's statue in their Temple and pleaded that their offerings and prayers to Yahweh on his behalf amounted to compliance with his request for worship. [223]
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, sometimes known solely by his praenomen ("the Emperor Gaius"), mostly known by his nickname "Caligula"
Later, Guccione insisted that a teenaged Nina go to the premiere of Caligula, his $17-million feature film that starred Malcolm McDowell, Peter O'Toole and John Gielgud and that Guccione boasted ...