Forced Prize Fight: He forced a man who had vowed to fight as a gladiator if the emperor recovered from a serious illness to fulfill his vow.Fluffy the Terrible: "Caligula" translates as "Little Boot", or "Bootsie".Fear of Thunder: To the point of hiding under the bed during particularly strong storms.Embarrassing Nickname: Reportedly, he disliked his nickname.Dirty Coward: His conduct during his only military campaign is best described as this trope mixed with sheer insanity.Depraved Bisexual, Casanova, and Villainous Crossdresser: More or less standard Roman invective, but Throw It In.Defiant to the End: As he was being murdered by his own soldiers, Caligula reportedly exclaimed: Vivo! (I live!).Death of a Thousand Cuts: A favored execution method.This portrayal of Julia may have been exaggerated to justify her murder after Caligula's assassination. Daddy's Little Villain and Enfante Terrible: According to Suetonius, when he heard that his daughter, Julia attacked her playmates and tried to scratch their eyes out, he bragged that there was no dispute of who her father was.Jeweled sterns, onboard baths, and even fruit trees and vines. Cool Boat: His massive pleasure boats.Carpet of Virility: Suetonius claimed that Caligula was so self-conscious of his exuberant body hair that he made it a crime to mention the word "goat" in his presence.Brother-Sister Incest: He was accused of this with all three sisters.His successor, his uncle Claudius, was spared because they thought he was too stupid to be a danger. Bodyguard Betrayal: Eventually his guards snapped and killed his entire family.
Big Fancy House: To the point of trying to incorporate temples into it.It was bad enough for his bodyguards to kill him. Ax Crazy: Regardless of how exaggerated this is, there's a reason why he's the trope name of The Caligula.Most emperors were deified after death, so this alone wasn't unusual, but he was the first to want this while he was still alive. Also promoted beloved sister Drusilla to godhood. A God Am I: Reportedly, he referred to himself as a god, and had the people worship him.His life was the source material for the infamously controversial film Caligula starring Malcolm McDowell in the title role. Is the Trope Namers for The Caligula and Caligula's Horse. There were several conspiracies against him, and he was eventually stabbed to death by his own bodyguards. It's certain that he wanted to increase his authority, which made him unpopular with the Senate. The outrageous tales about him committing incest with his sisters, sending his army against the sea and having them collect shells as booty, and wanting to make his favorite horse a consul come from Suetonius, who wrote a biography about him 80 years after his death (and was in the employ of an another dynasty of Emperors who had interest in demonizing their predecessors). It's hard to find out how much of this is true, since hardly any contemporary sources survived about him. The popular image about him is of an insane tyrant. His actual name was Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus Caligula is a nickname, meaning "little boot", that he got in his childhood, because he liked to dress up as a soldier. The infamous Roman emperor, reigned between AD 37 and AD 41. PAGES WILL BE DELETED OTHERWISE IF THEY ARE MISSING BASIC MARKUP. DON'T MAKE PAGES MANUALLY UNLESS A TEMPLATE IS BROKEN, AND REPORT IT THAT IS THE CASE. THIS SHOULD BE WORKING NOW, REPORT ANY ISSUES TO Janna2000, SelfCloak or RRabbit42. The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace.
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