Caligula

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	Caligula
Small bust of Caligula (Palazzo Massimo alle terme, Roma)	Caligula: emperor of the Roman world (37-41). Names: 31 August 12 CE: Gaius Caesar Germanicus Autumn 14: nickname Caligula ('soldier's boot') 18 March 37: Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus 24 January 41: murdered by soldiers Successor of: Tiberius Relatives: father: Germanicus mother: Agrippina Maior married to: Junia Claudilla, Orestilla, Lollia Paulina, Milona Caesonia child: Julia Drusilla Early career: 12 Born in Antium 14-17 With Germanicus in the Rhineland, where soldiers call him 'Caligula' 29 Funeral speech for Livia 30 To Capri 33 Quaestor Main deeds: 37 Consul suffectus; succeeds Tiberius; falls ill; Herod Agrippa made king Execution of Tiberius Gemellus 38 Trip to Sicily; September: pogrom in Alexandria; fall and death of praetorian prefect Macro, who is succeeded by Cassius Chaerea 39 Consul II (with Lucius Apronius Caesianus); conspiracy of Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus 39/40 Stay in Lyon 40 Consul III (with Gaius Laecanius Bassus); Visit to the North Sea near Praetorium Agrippinae (more...); return to Rome; ovatio; murder of Ptolemy of Mauretania; riots in Judaea 41 Consul IV (with Gnaeus Sentius Saturninus); assassinated by Cassius Chaerea Damnatio memoriae
Inscription from a wine barrel, mentioning G[aius] Cae[sar] Aug[ustus] Ger[manicus] (from H. Sarfatij et al., In discussion with the past, 1999; ©!!!)	New legions: XV Primigenia; XXII Primigenia Buildings: Temple of Augustus; Circus of Caligula (Vatican); new aqueducts for Rome Succeeded by: Claudius Contemporary events: 39 Death of Seneca the Elder Links: biography by Suetonius Fectio Herod Agrippa Praetorium Agrippinae
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