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

thumb|Caligula and Incitatus, drawing by Victor Adam|Jean Victor Adam Incitatus (; meaning "swift" or "at full gallop") was the favourite horse of Roman Emperor Caligula (). According to legend, Caligula planned to make the horse a consul, although ancient sources are clear that this did not occur. Supposedly, Incitatus had 18 servants for himself, he lived in a marble stable, walked in a harness decorated with rare and special stones/jewels, dressed in purple (the colour of royalty) and ate from an ivory manger. ==Legend== According to Suetonius in the Lives of the Twelve Caesars (121 AD), Ca

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attacks directed against Jews in Roman Alexandria, Egypt in the year 38 CE

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sister-in-law of emperor Caligula