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Life: AD 12 – 41
- Name: Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
- Born in AD 12
- Son of Germanicus Caesar (15 BC-AD 19), nephew of Tiberius, and Agrippina (14 BC-AD 33), granddaughter of Augustus.
- Became emperor in AD 37.
- Married (1) Junia Claudilla; (2) Livia Orestilla; (3) Lollia Paulina; (4) Caesonia (one daughter, Julia).
- Assassinated on 24 January AD 41.
Introduction: The Enigmatic Emperor Caligula
Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus was the third son of Germanicus (nephew of Tiberius) and Agrippina the elder and was born at Antium in AD 12.
Origin of the Name ‘Caligula’
It was during his stay with his parents on the German frontier, when he was between two and four, that his miniature versions of military sandals (caligae), caused the soldiers to call him Caligula, ‘little sandal’.
It was a nickname which remained with him for the rest of his life.
Tragedies in Caligula’s Youth
When he was in his late teens, his mother and elder brothers were arrested and died horribly due t