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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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