Caligula

Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus (August 31, 12 – January 24, 41), most commonly known as Caligula, was the third Roman Emperor and third member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from AD 37 to 41. Caligula represents a turning point in the early history of the Principate. Known for his extremely extravagant, eccentric and sometimes cruel despotism, he was assassinated in AD 41 by several of his own guards.

Bibliography

• Caligula: the corruption of power by Anthony A. Barrett (Batsford 1989) ISBN 0713454873
• Ludwig Quidde's essay Caligula. Eine Studie über römischen Caesarenwahnsinn (Caligula: A Study of Imperial Insanity) (1894), in which Caligula is likened to the German Emperor Wilhelm II.
• Caligula is the title of a play by Albert Camus, which was the basis for a 1996 Hungarian movie and the 2001 made for TV version.
• Caligula (film) is also a controversial 1979 movie starring Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren, and Peter O'Toole.
• Actor Jay Robinson played Caligula in The Robe 1953 and its sequel Demetrius and the Gladiators 1954. See Caligula (film)
• John Hurt played Caligula in the TV adaptation of Robert Graves's book I, Claudius.