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Caligula

third Roman emperor (37–41)

17 dated entries naming Caligula, drawn from 11 separate years between 12 CE and 52 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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  • 12August 31 – Caligula, Roman emperor (d. 41 AD)source
  • 29Agrippina the Elder is exiled to the island of Pandataria, and her sons (except Caligula) are imprisoned by Lucius Aelius Sejanus.source
  • 30Agrippina the Elder (the wife of Germanicus) and two of her sons, Nero Julius Caesar and Drusus Caesar, are arrested and exiled on orders of Lucius Aelius Sejanus (the prefect of the Praetorian Guard), and later starved to death in suspicious circumstances. In Sejanus's purge of Agrippina the Elder and her family, her son Caligula, and her three daughters, Agrippina the Younger, Julia Drusilla and Julia Livilla are the only survivors.source
  • 34Naevius Sutorius Macro gains favour in the Roman Empire by prostituting his wife Ennia Thrasylla to Caligula.source
  • 35Emperor Tiberius names Caligula (aka Gaius) and Gamellus, a grandson, as co-heirs.source
  • 37March 18 – The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius's will, and proclaims Caligula as Roman Emperor, nullifying the joint claim of Tiberius Gemellus. Caligula's attempt to have himself deified creates friction between himself and the Senate.source
  • 38Apion heads a deputation to Emperor Caligula, to complain about the Jews in Alexandria.source
  • 38June 10 – Julia Drusilla, sister of Caligula (b. AD 16)source
  • 39Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (Caligula) and Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo become Roman consuls.source
  • 39Tigellinus, minister and favorite of the later Roman emperor Nero, is banished for adultery with Caligula's sisters.source
  • 39Julia Drusilla, daughter of Caligula (d. AD 41)source
  • 39Caligula orders that a statue of himself be placed in the Temple in Jerusalem. The governor of Syria, Publius Petronius, who is responsible for having an erecting the statue, faces mass demonstrations by Jews of the region and manages to delay construction of the statue until the death of Caligula in AD 41.source
  • 40Emperor Caligula is consul without colleague.source
  • 40Ptolemy of Mauretania, Roman client king (executed by Caligula)source
  • 41January 24 – Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards.source
  • 41January 24 – Caligula, Roman emperor (assassinated) (b. 12 AD)source
  • 52Claudius completes the Aqua Claudia and Anio Novus, two aqueduct projects started by Caligula.source

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