Caligula was the third emperor of the Roman Empire. He became Rome’s ruler at a very young age, and is known for his sadistic and cruel behavior. Even though his reign was very short, only four years, the young Gaius Giulius Caesar Germanicus had in impact on Rome’s history and development. Get a better understanding of Caligula’s life, his mind, and his erratic behavior through these 5 most interesting facts!


1. Debauchery
Are you familiar with the infamous roman culture of debauchery?

let me paint a mental picture to you...
let say a friend hosts a party! lets assume that friend is rich, and influential.
a debauchery will occur when there is booze and more than six participants who have sex together. IN THE FULL GLARE OF EACH OTHER
lets call this a 3'some mutiplied by 10.

in Emperor caligula's time debauchery was like a popular sunday service.


1. GAIUS GIULIUS CAESAR GERMANICUS ALSO KNOWN AS CALIGULA.
When Caligula was a child, he was often taken to the battlefield by his father, Germanicus. Since a toddler he would dress in miniature armour, amusing the fellow soldiers who would ironically call him “caligula”,meaning “little soldier boot”.

Germanicus junior never appreciated the other soldiers making fun of him, nevertheless the nickname stuck and, with time, it became so popular that it finally eclipsed his real name.



2. CALIGOLA LOVED GETTING THE CROWD “INVOLVED”
It’s said that whenever Caligola would get bored at the gladiatorial games, he would order his soldiers to throw in the arena a dozen of people from the crowd. In this way, Caligola would involve the crown in totum, allowing them to truly participate in the games held in the Colosseum.





3. EMPEROR AND GOD OF ALL
Caligula was many things: a ruler, an orphan, a sadist, but also a megalomaniac. One of Caligula’s desires was to be worshipped as the “Neos Helios”, the New Sun. In fact Egyptians would depict him on coins as the God of Sun.

It wasn’t unusual for this emperor to dress up like gods and goddesses, as well as having temples built in his honor. At a certain point Caligula intended to built a statue of him as a God and place it in Jerusalem’s temple but eventually was stopped by the Senate in order to not cause any violent riots.




4. BEST OF FRIENDS with a Horse


We’re used to think that dogs are man’s best friend. For Caligola it was a bit different. In fact the young emperor had a special bond with his horse, Incitatus. According to many historians and writers of the time, Incitatus lived in a marble stable, with an ivory manger from which he would eat barley sprinkled with gold.

Suetonius writes that Caligola loved his horse so much that he proclaimed it a consul - a very powerful position- just to mock the Senate.





5. THE GREAT BATTLE AGAINST THE SEA

Before dying, Caligola led an ill-conceived battle in Britain, reaching as the farthest he could.
So the emperor declared war on Neptune, the God of water and all oceans. Caligula had his men whip the waves of the Mediterranean sea and collect seashells as war prizes.




So these are the facts I believe are most interesting about the character that Caligula was. Let me know if you discover any others while in Rome!

Have u met Tamarlene AKA Timur the lame too


Guy is probably the most cruel in history....

WHO ABEG?

illicit:
Have u met

Dis guy maimed horses what are you telling me bro
Do you know how litraly fvcked up that is... its

illicit:
Have u met Tamarlene AKA Timur the lame

wearsandtrends1:
Dis guy maimed horses what are you telling me bro
Do you know how litraly fvcked up that is... its

Wicked....

meobizy:
What’s disgusting there? At least they weren’t cannibalizing virgins.

How often do you do 3'some?
Do you have a babe?
U can involve me since it's no matter to u

Read about Vlad III, The Impaler. He inspired the story of Dracula. One of the most wicked humans to ever exist.

I just did... Men that guy is a monster

Freemason1:
Read about Vlad III, The Impaler. He inspired the story of Dracula. One of the most wicked humans to ever exist.

It's just propaganda by the Orthodox church and the Ottoman Turks.

After meeting him what next.....

wearsandtrends1:



4. BEST OF FRIENDS with a Horse


We’re used to think that dogs are man’s best friend. For Caligola it was a bit different. In fact the young emperor had a special bond with his horse, Incitatus. According to many historians and writers of the time, Incitatus lived in a marble stable, with an ivory manger from which he would eat barley sprinkled with gold.

Suetonius writes that Caligola loved his horse so much that he proclaimed it a consul - a very powerful position- just to mock the Senate.





5. THE GREAT BATTLE AGAINST THE SEA

Before dying, Caligola led an ill-conceived battle in Britain, reaching as the farthest he could.
So the emperor declared war on Neptune, the God of water and all oceans[b]. Caligula had his men whip the waves of the Mediterranean sea and collect seashells as war prizes.[/b]




So these are the facts I believe are most interesting about the character that Caligula was. Let me know if you discover any others while in Rome!

SO GROWN MEN GATHER THEY FLOG WATER...
What BALDERASH

ALSO calibula was said to have had Carnal knowledge with a HORSE. total piece of sh*t

stonemasonn:
It's just propaganda by the Orthodox church and the Ottoman Turks.

bros forget that dracula niccur na Monster fa

No. 5 point showed that the man was sick upstairs. How can a man make war against the ocean by making his soldiers to flog sea waves? The other points mentioned are typical of most humans in power who oppress fellow humans whom they feel are below them, we still see them everywhere today.

I was just angry when I watched the movie.

dingbang:
I was just angry when I watched the movie.

Pls wat d name of d movie

Pweetyccee:
Pls wat d name of d movie

caligula

wearsandtrends1:
Dis guy maimed horses what are you telling me bro
Do you know how litraly fvcked up that is... its

Timurlane is worst bro.

stonemasonn:
It's just propaganda by the Orthodox church and the Ottoman Turks.

Rubbish, everything he did was real. And why would the orthodox church try to kill his reputation when he was their hero.

Freemason1:
Read about Vlad III, The Impaler. He inspired the story of Dracula. One of the most wicked humans to ever exist.

Genghis Khan worse pass o.

dingbang:
caligula

I have watched the movie Bros it is SOFT PORN

Freemason1:
Read about Vlad III, The Impaler. He inspired the story of Dracula. One of the most wicked humans to ever exist.

The great great great grandfather of Freeze.

wearsandtrends1:

I have watched the movie Bros it is SOFT PORN

I know. Even the porn is annoying.

oz4real83:
No. 5 point showed that the man was sick upstairs. How can a man make war against the ocean by making his soldiers to flog sea waves? The other points mentioned are typical of most humans in power who oppress fellow humans whom they feel are below them, we still see them everywhere today.

They do this in MFM wat are u tells me

SegFault:

Genghis Khan worse pass o.

wetin Genghis do?

wearsandtrends1:
wetin Genghis do?

Hundreds of thousands died during his conquest of Asia and Europe.

we all know the most disgusting man sits in aso roc.

wearsandtrends1:
wetin Genghis do?

The 12 million people + that the Mongol, Temujin (Genghis Khan) and his sons killed and other destruction that accompanied has been estimated to contribute to climate change and global warming. That guy was a ruthless killer.

SegFault:

Hundreds of thousands died during his conquest of Asia and Europe.

Hitler killed Millions watchumean

leader Adolf Hitler

wearsandtrends1:
Hitler killed Millions watchumean

I forgot.