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Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, also called Gaius or Caligula, was the third Roman emperor, ruling from AD 37 until his assassination in AD 41. He was the son of the Roman general Germanicus
Roman marble bust of Caligula, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Reconstruction drawing of the Villa Jovis on Capri, where Caligula grew up at the court of Tiberius
Caligula Depositing the Ashes of his Mother and Brother in the Tomb of his Ancestors, by Eustache Le Sueur, 1647.
Quadrans celebrating the abolition of a tax in AD 38 by Caligula. The obverse of the coin contains a picture of a Pileus which symbolizes the liberation of the people from the tax burden. Caption: c caesar divi avg pron avg / pon m, pp cos des rcc.
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Germanicus Julius Caesar was a Roman general and politician most famously known for his campaigns against Arminius in Germania. The son of Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia the Younger, Germanicus was
Caligula
…also called Gaius or Caligula (), was the third Roman emperor, ruling from AD 37 until his assassination in AD 41. He was the son of the Roman general Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, Augustus's granddaughter, members of the first ruling family of the Roman Empire. He was born two years before Tiberius became…
Bust of Germanicus (Musée Saint-Raymond)
Ara Pacis: processional frieze showing members of the Imperial household (south face). Germanicus is the toddler holding Antonia Minor's hand.
Bust of young Germanicus at the time of his adoption by Tiberius in AD 4
Battle of Teutoburg Forest, by Otto Albert Koch (1909)