Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a senator.
Caligula. Ruler of Rome 1979.
The Roman emperor Caligula made his horse a senator.
Caligula was notorious for his leadership of the Roman Empire.
The Arch of Caligula with Mount Vesuvius in the background.
The mad Roman emperor Caligula had his horse made a consul.
As such, the troops called him Caligula, which means“little boots” or“booties.”.
The killing of Caligula marked the first time that a Roman Emperor was assassinated.
Mirren's first screen role was in the movie Caligula alongside Malcom McDowell and Peter O'Toole.
Incitatus, once believed to have
been made a senator by the Roman emperor Caligula(see Researcher's Note);
While monarchs are typically considered next-level important,
Roman emperor Caligula considered himself to be a living god.
Though I have taken the form of Gaius Caligula, I am all men as I am none.
Roman Emperor Caligula, known for his eccentricity and sadistic despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards.
Though Emperor Caligula started off as a benevolent ruler,
late in his life he became cruel and despotic.
Although I have taken the form of Caius Caligula, I am all men, as I am no man.
In the various writings about Caligula, nearly all historians agree that he placed very
little value on human life.
Although I have taken the form of Gaius Caligula, I am all men as I am no man and so.
By the time Caligula died, he was so hated that the Senate
pushed to have him completely erased from Roman history.
Approximately six to seven months after taking power, Caligula fell ill,
possibly by poisoning, and when he recovered he was greatly changed.
Possibly the craziest of them all, Caligula was a sadistic
and perverse tyrant of a Roman Emperor who ruled from 37-41 AD.
When his nephew Caligula took the royal post, he appointed
Claudius as his co-counselor, when Claudius was about 46 years of age.
Caligula had planned to make the horse a consul as an expression
of his total power, but died before he had the opportunity.
Herod Agrippa was imprisoned here by Tiberius Caesar in 36/
37 C. E. for expressing his wish that Caligula might soon become emperor.
Emperor of Rome for a little over three years, Caligula(real name Gaius Caesar)
was known as one of the Empire's more cruel leaders.
When Caligula was assassinated in 41 AD,
his successor, Claudius immediately shot down the Senate's attempts at removing his nephew's memory from history.
Another daughter-in-law of Tiberius,
named Agrippina the Elder(a granddaughter of Augustus and the mother of Caligula), also died of starvation, in 33 AD.
Although I have taken the form of Gaius Caligula, I am all men as I am no man
and therefore I am a God.”.
Caligula was so hated by the Roman people at the end of his
reign that the citizens began to demand that he be removed from power.
The first six months of Caligula's reign were positive,
but a serious illness left him altered and possibly mad with a predilection for violence and paranoia.
The 10th century
historian, Agapius of Hierapolis, in his Universal History, says that Pilate committed suicide during the first year of Caligula's reign in AD 37/38.