Caligula
Appearance
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Caligula | |||||
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3rd Emperor o the Roman Empire | |||||
Bust o Caligula (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek) | |||||
Ring | 37 AD - 41 AD | ||||
Predecessor | Tiberius, great uncle | ||||
Successor | Claudius, uncle | ||||
Born | 31 August 12 AD Antium, Italy | ||||
Dee'd | 24 Januar 41 AD (aged 28) Palatine Hill, Roum | ||||
Buirial | Mausoleum o Augustus, Roum | ||||
Wifes | |||||
Issue | Julia Drusilla Tiberius Gemellus (adoptive) | ||||
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Hoose | Julio-Claudian Dynasty | ||||
Faither | Germanicus | ||||
Mither | Agrippina 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 very successfu general an ane o Roum's maist beloved public figures. The young Gaius earned the nickname Caligula (meanin "little sauldier's boot", the diminutive furm o caliga, hob-nailed militar boot) frae his faither's sauldiers while accompanyin him during his campaigns in Germanie.
References
- ↑ In Clessical Laitin, Caligula's name would be inscribed as GAIVS IVLIVS CAESAR AVGVSTVS GERMANICVS.
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