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Caligula

12 - 41

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Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (31 August 12 – 24 January 41), better known by his nickname Caligula (), was Roman emperor from AD 37 until his assassination in AD 41. He was the son of the Roman general Germanicus and Augustus' granddaughter Agrippina the Elder, members of the first ruling family of the Roman Empire. He was born two years before Tiberius was made emperor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Caligula has received more than 16,798,860 page views. His biography is available in 111 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 108 in 2019). Caligula is the 80th most popular politician (down from 65th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Italy (down from 28th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Italian Politician.

Caligula was the emperor of Rome from 37 to 41 AD. He is most famous for his cruelty and insatiable desire for power.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Caligula ranks 80 out of 19,576Before him are Nicolae Ceaușescu, Nicholas II of Russia, Mehmed the Conqueror, Napoleon II, Ahmed I, and Francisco Franco. After him are Uthman, Selim I, Harald V of Norway, Nebuchadnezzar II, Giuseppe Garibaldi, and Hurrem Sultan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 12, Caligula ranks 1After him is Quintus Veranius. Among people deceased in 41, Caligula ranks 1After him are Cassius Chaerea, Milonia Caesonia, Julia Drusilla, Cunobeline, and Lucius Cassius Longinus.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Caligula ranks 30 out of 5,161Before him are Amerigo Vespucci (1454), Ovid (-43), Marcus Aurelius (121), Giovanni Boccaccio (1313), Sandro Botticelli (1445), and Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768). After him are Alessandro Volta (1745), Horace (-65), Parmenides (-501), Giacomo Puccini (1858), Niccolò Paganini (1782), and Maria Montessori (1870).

Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Caligula ranks 9Before him are Commodus (161), Benito Mussolini (1883), Cicero (-106), Nero (37), Marcus Aurelius (121), and Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768). After him are Lorenzo de' Medici (1449), Silvio Berlusconi (1936), Pontius Pilate (-12), Tiberius (-42), Vespasian (9), and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194).