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  Caligula
Caligula's bizarre behavior demonstrates what can happen when absolute power is combined with a total lack of responsibility and respect for others (see Garrett Fagan's biography for a balanced assessment of Caligula).
Caligula was assassinated by members of his own Praetorian Guard, including M. Arrecinus Clemens, co-prefect of the Guard, and Cassius Chaerea, a military tribune of the Guard, in conspiracy with several high-ranking senators, notably Marcus Vinicius, husband of Caligula's exiled sister Julia Livilla.
Caligula himself was assassinated because he had made a mockery of the military and alienated the leaders of the Guard; it is likely that the senatorial conspiracy would not have succeeded if the Guard had remained loyal to Caligula.
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  Caligula
Caligula had four wives, three of them during his reign as emperor and he was said to have committed incest with each of his three sisters in turn.
Caligula's suspicion that his joint praetorian prefects, Marcus Arrecinus Clemens and his unknown colleague, were planning his assassination prompted them, in order to avoid their execution, to join a part of senators in a plot.
Caligula's fourth wife Caesonia was stabbed to death, her baby daughter's skull smashed against a wall.
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  Caligula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Caligula was born as Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus on August 31, 12, at the resort of Antium, the third of six surviving children born to Augustus's adopted grandson, Germanicus, and Augustus's granddaughter, Agrippina the Elder.
Caligula even planned to place a statue of himself as Zeus in the Holy of Holies in the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem; the Jews had been granted religious rights and freedom by Julius Caesar, and were generally treated as being outside the scope of Roman religious law.
Caligula - Claudius - Nero - Galba - Otho - Vitellius - Vespasian - Titus - Domitian
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 The Emperor Caligula
Caligula was a twisted man. Some of the laws he made were harmless, some of his actions cruel and inhuman.
Caligula was a promiscuous man. He would sleep with women of rank and publicly and graphically discuss his bedfellows.
Caligula's behavior, a splitting of emotions and thoughts, is nowadays diagnosed as schizophrenia.
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 Caligula Summary
Caligula was born as Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus on August 31, 12, at the resort of Antium, the third of six surviving children born to Augustus's adopted grandson, Germanicus, and Augustus's granddaughter, Agrippina the Elder.
Caligula's father, Germanicus, was believed by many to have been Augustus's preferred successor, though at the time of Augustus's death he was too young to assume the office of Princeps.
Caligula even planned to place a statue of himself as Zeus in the Holy of Holies in the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem; the Jews had been granted religious rights and freedom by Julius Caesar, and were generally treated as being outside the scope of Roman religious law.
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 Caligula, Roman Imperial Coins of, at WildWinds.com
Caligula & Germanicus Æ 21 mm of Macedon, Thessalonika.
Caligula (or Tiberius?) Æ 20mm of Mallos, Cilicia.
Gaius Caligula and Agrippina I AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Syria.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Caligula
Caligula made him king of his uncle's realm in northeastern Palestine and of Galilee, and...
Daughter of Agrippina the Elder (14 – 33) and sister of Caligula, she was exiled (39–41) for conspiring against Caligula.
Film: Caligula and the censors: the first cut is the surrealist In the making of the notorious Caligula, producer Bob Guccione stitched up almost everyone.
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 Caligula Biography (Emperor) — Infoplease.com
Caligula was emperor of Rome from 37-41 A.D., and in four short years established a reputation for strange behavior which has endured for 20 centuries.
Caligula apparently suffered from epilepsy as a boy; some scholars think his later behavior was the result of schizophrenia...
Caligula - Caligula Caligula, A.D. 12–A.D. 41, Roman emperor (A.D. 37–A.D. 41); son of Germanicus...
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 share*it! - A service of Digital River - Caligula -
Caligula is a Java Bean component which allows you to define expressions, variables and functions and to compile and execute these functions and expressions at runtime.
Caligula compiles an expression and executes (evaluates) it, producing a numeric result (a number) which can be displayed or used for further computations in the client application.
When Caligula evaluates an expression and finds a call to an external function it will call into the client application using the standard event mechanism, passing the function name and function arguments in the event parameter.
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 Caligula - NumisWiki, The Collaborative Numismatics Project
Caligula, 16 March 37 - 24 January 41 A.D. Caius Caesar was born in 12 A.D., the son of Germanicus and Agrippina Sr.
The Caligula OB/CIVES/SERVATOS Sestertius also with th weak argument that because SPQR is on the reverse that should suffice for the lack of the S.C? Gaius Caligula.
Perhaps these two issues were Caligula's first issues and there was some confusion as to whether SC belonged on them at all; these were the first Rome mint sestertii to carry and emperor's portrait on the obverse and it may have been seen as disrespectful.
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 A biography of Gaius Caligula (A.D. 69 - ?)
Caligula presently married Junia Claudil1a, daughter of the distinguished senator Marcus Silanus; after which he was first appointed Augur, in place of his brother Drusus, and then promoted to the Pontificate, in compliment to his dutiful behaviour and exemplary life.
Caligula's creation of a fifth judicial division aided jurors to keep abreast of their work; his reviving of the electoral system was designed to restore popular control over the magistracy.
Caligula's bearers rushed to help him, using their litter-poles as spears; and soon his German bodyguard appeared, too late to be of any service, though they killed several of the assassins and a few innocent senators into the bargain.
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 Caligula Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
Caligula (12-41) was the third emperor of Rome.
Caligula was born Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus in Antium (modern Anzio) on Aug. 31, A.D. His mother, Agrippina, was Emperor Augustus's granddaughter, and his father, Germanicus, was Emperor Tiberius's nephew, adopted son, and heir.
Caligula spent the winter of 39/40 in Gaul and on the Rhine and planned to invade Germany or Britain.
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 The Portraiture of Caligula
Portraits tend to depict Caligula as the idealized Julio-Claudian emperor.
Caligula placed great importance on his famous family, and so begins the work of a propagandist.
On coinage struck during Caligula's reign we find a pattern of well-thought-out imagery on both the obverses and reverses of all of his coinage.
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 Caligula
Caligula is a Java Bean component which allows you to define expressions, variables and functions and to compile and execute these functions and expressions at runtime.
Caligula compiles an expression and executes (evaluates) it, producing a numeric result (a number) which can be displayed or used for further computations in the client application.
When Caligula evaluates an expression and finds a call to an external function it will call into the client application using the standard event mechanism, passing the function name and function arguments in the event parameter.
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 Caligula the Mad
When Caligula recovered he returned as a changed man. The ancient sources blame the illness, which has been suggested in possible relation to epilepsy (perhaps passed down from Caesar) or even a genetic disorder from intensive familial inbreeding.
However, while Caligula certainly could've been 'deranged' it's far more likely that his later behavior was a symptom of his environment than an actual disorder.
Caligula is attested to having said 'Would that the Roman people had but one neck!' Though this reeks of propaganda, it can certainly show an environment of fear that must have existed.
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 Caligula - MSN Encarta
Caligula, real name Gaius Caesar (12-41), Roman emperor (37-41), born probably in Antium (now Anzio, Italy), the youngest son of the Roman general Germanicus Caesar and the grandnephew of the Roman emperor Tiberius.
Tiberius named his grandson, Tiberius Gemellus, and Caligula joint heirs to the throne, but the Roman Senate and people chose Caligula as sole emperor.
Caligula adopted Gemellus as his son but later had him murdered.
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 Attack of the 50 Foot DVD: (1965)
Guccione never gained widespread or critical acceptance, and Vidal and others found the seamier aspects of the industry undermining what could have been a credible drama — although with the story and acting the way they are, such credibility is likely out of reach, as an R-rated version of the film clearly demonstrates.
After dispatching with the aged Tiberius, Caligula uses his power in attempts to shock “an unshockable society.” Considered mad by most historians, Caligula systematically did his best to offend or kill the more powerful members of Rome while maintaining popularity by giving away his wealth.
The only other extra included on Caligula's DVD is a filmography list for the more famous actors, which look as though they've been copied directly from the IMDb, but it's still nice to have the info on-screen when the computer's not handy.
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 Caligula (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Caligula is a 1979 film directed by Tinto Brass, with additional scenes filmed by Bob Guccione and Giancarlo Lui, about the Roman Emperor Gaius Caesar Germanicus also known as "Caligula".
Caligula was written by Gore Vidal and co-financed by Penthouse magazine, though the script underwent several re-writes after Tinto Brass and Malcolm McDowell found Gore Vidal's interpretation of the infamous Emperor to be unsatisfactory.
It stars Malcolm McDowell as the Emperor and chronicles his rise and fall as the brief ruler of the Roman Empire.
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 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Caligula at Epinions.com
Once we get more into the two parts, they are incredibly fleshed out, to what happens by the end is not entirely a mutual love, but more like a mutual respect for one another in that they both know their places in the society, but that both of them can not handle that much pressure.
He knew the sight of Caligula in bed with a horse would lead to some saying "oh my god, bestiality!" (Even though he is only in bed with it, and it does not show him screwing it.
One minute Caligula and Tiberius are on the top floor of Capri, then in the next frame they are on the bottom, and vice verse.
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 Alibris: Caligula
From Caligula to Constantine explores how these and other notorious figures of Roman history were portrayed during their lifetimes, and the reaction to their deaths.
Caligula: most notorious of the Roman Emperors, who married his own sister, installed a horse in the Roman Senate, turned his palace into a brothel, tortured and killed innocent citizens on a whim, and committed countless other acts of madness, cruelty and deviancy.
Caligula's policies have often been interpreted to be those of a depraved tyrant.
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 Roman Emperors - DIR Caligula
For the elite, this situation proved intolerable and ensured the flening of Caligula's name in the historical record they would dictate.
McGinn, T.A.J. "Caligula's Brothel on the Palatine," EMC 42 (1998): 95-107.
A useful summary and critique of "madness" theories is to be found in Barrett, Caligula, 213-41.
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 Caligula
Caligula's mother and two brothers had been executed by Tiberius, yet Caligula still managed to gain Tiberius's trust and friendship.
He earned the nickname, "Caligula" (which roughly translates to "Little Boots") at age 2, when he appeared in front of the army in a miniature version of the full military outfit including army boots, or "caliga".
Caligula spent money lavishly on extravaganzas, such as building a two mile road across the surface of the Bay of Naples on top of a continuous line of merchant ships so he could race his chariot across it.
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 Master: Caligula
His father died in 19, and his mother and two elder brothers perished in the purge organized by Tiberius.
Caligula succeeded, however, in gaining the confidence of Tiberius, and from 32 he lived with the recluse emperor on Capri.
Upon the death of Tiberius, Caligula was proclaimed emperor to the exclusion of Tiberius's own grandson, whom he later executed.
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