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Caligula

Also known as Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, Gaius, Julius Caesar Germanicus, Emperor of Rome Gaius, Gaius Caesar Germanicus, Emperor of Rome Gaius, Gaius Caesar, Emperor of Rome Gaius Caesar Germanicus, Emperor of Rome Caligula

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (31 August AD 12 – 24 January AD 41), also called Gaius and Caligula (), was Roman emperor from AD 37 until his assassination in AD 41. He was the son of the Roman general Germanicus and Augustus' granddaughter Agrippina the Elder, members of the first ruling family of the Roman Empire. He was born two years before Tiberius became emperor. Gaius accompanied his father, mother and siblings on campaign in Germania, at little more than four or five years old. He had been named after Gaius Julius Caesar, but his father's soldiers affectionately nicknamed him

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Gaius Iulius Caesar Germanicus Caligula was a politician and Roman emperor who held the position of Roman consul. Born on 0012-08-31 in Antium, he was a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and the Julii Caesares family. His parents were Agrippina the Elder and Germanicus. He was a citizen of Ancient Rome and lived during the Principate and Greco-Roman Egypt periods.

Caligula was married to Junia Claudilla, Livia Orestilla, Lollia Paulina, and Milonia Caesonia. He had a child named Julia Drusilla. He died on 0041-01-24 at the Palatine Hill due to a stab wound, classified as homicide. He was buried at the Mausoleum of Augustus. His quotes include "I am nursing a viper for the Roman people, and a Phaëthon for the whole world." He is described by sources such as The Twelve Caesars and the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron.

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Quotes

“Utinam populus Romanus unam cervicem haberet!”
“"I am nursing a viper for the Roman people, and a Phaëthon for the whole world."”
“You [Caligula], O most wretched of men! having filled every continent and every island with good laws, and principles of justice, and wealth, and comfort, and prosperity, and abundance of other blessings, you, wretched man, full of all cowardice and iniquity, who have emptied every city of all the things which can conduce to stability and prosperity, and have made them full of everything which leads to trouble and confusion, and the most utter misery and desolation.”
“But the madness and frenzy to which he gave way were so preposterous, and so utterly insane, that he went even beyond the demigods, and mounted up to and invaded the veneration and worship paid to those who are looked upon as greater than they, as the supreme deities of the world, Mercury, and Apollo, and Mars.”

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Royalty.image: File:Caligula.Carlsberg Glyptotek.(cropped).jpg
Royalty.caption: Roman marble bust of Gaius, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Royalty.succession: Roman emperor
Royalty.reign: 16 March 37 – 24 January 41
Royalty.predecessor: Tiberius
Royalty.successor: Claudius
Royalty.birth_date: 31 August AD 12
Royalty.birth_place: Antium, Italy
Royalty.death_date: 24 January AD 41 (aged 28)
Royalty.death_place: Palatine Hill, Rome, Italy
Royalty.regnal name: Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Royalty.dynasty: Julio-Claudian
Royalty.father: Germanicus
Royalty.mother: Agrippina

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Ancient Rome
Place of birth: Antium
Place of death: Palatine Hill
Spouse: Milonia Caesonia
Child: Julia Drusilla
Father: Germanicus
Mother: Agrippina the Elder
Occupation: politician
Position held: Roman consul
Languages spoken: Latin
Religion: ancient Roman religion
Family: Julii Caesares
Noble title: Augustus
Military rank: imperator
Image: Portrait Head of Caligula - Getty Museum (72.AA.155).jpg

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Commons category: Caligula
cause of death: stab wound
date of birth: 0012-08-31
date of death: 0041-01-24
Commons gallery: Gaius Iulius Caesar Germanicus Caligula
manner of death: homicide
topic's main category: Category:Caligula
praenomen: Gaius
time period: Greco-Roman Egypt
place of burial: Mausoleum of Augustus
described by source: Pauly–Wissowa
gens: Julia gens
nickname: Alumnus
different from: Caligula
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
medical condition: epilepsy
P12749: Éditions Julliard
name in native language: GAIVS IVLIVS CAESAR AVGVSTVS GERMANICVS
birth name: GAIVS IVLIVS CAESAR GERMANICVS

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Contents

Early life
Capri
Emperor
Early reign
''Princeps''
Illness and recovery
Public profile
Public reform and finance
Tax and treasury
Coinage
Construction
Treason trials
Incitatus
Bridge at Baiae
Provinces
Judaea and Egypt
Germany and the Rhine frontier
Auctions
Britannia
Mauretania
Religion
Assassination and aftermath
Personal life
Mental condition
Contemporary historiography
Modern depictions
In film and series
In literature and theatre
In opera
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography
Modern sources
Ancient sources
Further reading
External links

Germanicus died in Antioch in AD 19, and Agrippina returned with her six children to Rome, where she became entangled in a bitter feud with Emperor Tiberius, who was Germanicus' biological uncle and adoptive father. The conflict eventually led to the destruction of her family, with Caligula as the sole male survivor. In 26, Tiberius withdrew from public life to the island of Capri, and in 31, Caligula joined him there. Tiberius died in 37, and Caligula succeeded him as emperor, at the age of 24.

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