Caligula — The Mad Roman Emperor

‘Remember that I have the right to do anything to anybody’

Recreation of Caligula by Salva Ruano (left) and status of Caligula (right) (Image: antiguaroma.com)

Caligula (ruled 37-41) was the third Roman emperor. He was a man of fine imperial pedigree — his father was a popular Roman general Germanicus and his mother was Agrippina the Elder, a granddaughter of Rome’s first emperor Augustus.