Caligula2
Many studies have been made on the emperor Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, or “Caligula.” He was professed to be the maddest, and cruelest of all Roman emperors. As emperor, Caligula put the imperial treasury in severe debt, performed acts of insanity, and committed scandalous sexual acts. The ludicrous deeds he participated in, and carried out left the Roman Empire in infamy. During the reign of Tiberius, the captain of his bodyguards Sejanus began a campaign of extreme and devious means. He desired the Roman throne and so, started to eliminate his competition. The first to go was Drusus, Tiberius’s heir. Sejanus then took out other key contenders for the throne including Germanicus Caesar, his wife Agrippina the Elder, and three of his four sons. The sole survivor was Gaius Caesar, more famously (or infamously) known as Caligula. Caligula grew up in a military camp. His name stemmed from the soldiers nickname, “Little Boots” for the “child size military boots he always wore.” (Gaius “Caligula” of Rome). Being so close to the throne required that he spend his adolescence in Capri with the aging emperor, Tiberius. Though he attempted to “play the part of a dutiful and upright young man
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