How did Caligula Come to Power? - History of the Roman Empire (37 AD - 41 AD)
How did Caligula Come to Power? - History of the Roman Empire (37 AD - 41 AD)
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At the start of Caligula’s reign at the helm of the Roman Empire, he was described as being beloved by “all in the world, from the rising to the setting son”. The Roman people were so overtly enthusiastic about the death of Tiberius, that they would have likely adored any successor who seemed at the very least to be an ok human being. Caligula particularly also had the advantage of being a son of the treasured Germanicus, and in the early months of his rule, he was fairly mild and cheerful. He portrayed himself as generous, playful, and a lavish spender in a way that also seemed to benefit the public.
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I believe that when he had the sickness he saw that people would rather die than him and saw that he was a God to the people which made him go crazy
Can we get one on Claudius, he's such an underrated ruler and he has such an interesting story
Caligula was a nightmare for the politicians, not the general public. He became quite unpopular due to certain controversial laws he reinstated that were unpopular during Tiberius's reign. He was a promising good emperor in his very first months it was the Game of Thrones that was Roman politics and his tragic upbringing and finally his sudden illness is what led him to be paranoid and drove him mad. These are very understandable circumstances. Calugila pales in comparison to later emperors who were sick depraved lunatics like Caracalla and Honorius.
As such, Praetorian guard got the title of Emperor Maker!
I still giggle at how he declared war on Poseidon and ordered his legions to go to beaches and stab the water, before making them collect seashells as "war booty."
Apparently, that was his way of punishing mutinous legions for not wanting to go to Britain
This was scarcely the strangest thing that the mad emperor did, "terrorizing the Senate" and we all know who wrote the history at that time, yes the Senate who always blackmailed Emperors that they hated, Nero for one is a great example on this and nobody can know for sure what really happend but Nero accomplished great deeds and was a good Emperor for along time but everyone remembers him as the tyrant and lunatic incest even going as far as to having his mother assisnated wich was a very serious crime in Roman law, to kill a relative (Incest was even worse). Who is to say that this was not the same with Caligula, yes Iknow the history pretty well about all the Julio-Claudians and their ancestors in the Republican era but it is just a thought.
Gaius Iulius Cezar Germanicus zis Caligula cred că nu a fost chiar așa cum a scris Suetonius! După ce a fost asasinat împreună cu soția și fetița sa de un an, poporul a cerut pedeapsă exemplară pentru asasini!Eu cred că a fost ucis,din motive pe care nu le vom știi niciodată!
Domitian is the best example for that. My man was the best Emperor since Augustus in my books
I love teaching about the Roman Emperors.
Tiberius’ story is very inspiring because it shows us that in life it doesn’t matter your situation and if you are born to be great you will certainly be great. Amen 🙏
That end shot with the horse. Oh what could have been. Truly, once again people being a killjoy by assassinating the most entertaining ones too early.
It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage (video) about both Caligula and Claudius emperors' rules of Roman empire thrones ...events reflected brutalities ,complicated relationships, and opportunistic attitudes amongst closed groups and political elites of Roman empire thrones...
He sure did have an insane character arc
Please make a video about Kingdom of Romania under Fascism.
yes. plz
Whenever a Caesar is crowned, God flips a coin and the world holds its breath.
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Ahh Emperor Claudius "Such was life for Uncle Claudius." ~Dovahhatty,
“Cause all I hear is threats from a brute with no discipline, and I’m ruling over you like a boot full of my citizens!” Julius Caesar
Actually, when Caligula was ill and many Senators made pledges (especially for the gods to take them instead of the emperor), Caligula demanded that they keep their pledge. No doubt that any Senator afterwards ever offered a pledge like that again!
UNCLE CLAVDIVS FINALY IN THE GAME
Pure definition of die as a hero and live long enough to become the villain
Calligula was totally nuts
Yeah but I can’t complain
Its not him, it was his illness so why are you saying hes totally nuts?
I think he got lead poisoning. A lot of his personality shift can be explained as symptomatic of lead poisoning. His poor baby daughter, though. Surprised no one got rid of the Praetorians.
Without the praetorian guard, who would protect the emperor under normal circumstances?
Constantine abolished the praetorian guard…300 years after the death of Caligula…
Constantine: "fine....I'll do it myself"
When the Legionaries mutinated against his Father they immediately stopped the mutiny when they made little Caligula sad
are the drawings made by AI ?
I think Nero was worse. Commodus was a real dork. Nero a beat his wife to death and then out of grief he had a young boy who looked like her castrated and then he married this boy. I actually feel bad for Caligula. Get a really screwed up childhood Tiberius basically butchered his whole family and then held him hostage. Subjected him to like really sick things at his villa, so he kind of shaped Caligula into this madman that he became, but I don't think he was a natural born psychopath. I think he was a sociopath. Meanwhile, Nero was just a natural psychopath Nero's father was also like brutally murdered this woman and was a sicko. I mean if you look at like portraits of Nero he just looks disgusting. He has his neck beard and just grotesque look on his face. He's just a real evil guy. He's just a natural psychopath I don't look down upon Caligula's treatment of the Senate. The Senate were a bunch of privileged clowns. They no longer represented the people of Rome so I don't really knock Caligula for his treatment of the Senate. You know I mean the senate was a joke. Why should he have respected them? They were nothing. I mean they were just ineffective government you know so I don't really knock them on all that. Caligula was a really Young Guy, so his Lavish Spending sort of make sense. He lived as a Party Boy.
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Caligula wasn't crazy. It's just propaganda of senatorial class.
I don't think so,giving a title for horse ,is crazy and a disrespect to the senate
@@johncane2304he was trolling the senate and they took it personally. It shows that he didn’t respect their authority, and they repaid the favour by writing most of the history we know about him now
This might be an L take but what if he died and someone was just pretending to be him which is why its such a massive personality shift
What if our water was leaded?
Defied himslef? Deified himself maybe?
Well he was insane, so he may have managed to do both!
Tiberius a fost de departe mai rău decât Caligula!
Dacă era așa crud și nebun,de ce oare poporul a cerut să fie uciși asasinii lui Caligula?A fost un împărat care era iubit de popor, și a deranjat nobilimea romana și senatul prin unele măsuri și asta la costat viața!
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Many similarities between Caligula and Biden
Caligula somebody Donald trump can look up to😅
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