Caligula - Emperor Julio-Claudian Page on Caligula from an
annotated gallery of the first 12 emperors of ancient Rome.
Caligula - Paper on Caligula, by Jay Key History has not been
kind to Caligula, and for good reason, due to the lasting
volumes of maniacal and savage anecdotes depicting a mad ruler.
However, during his first year in office, Caligula was effective
and somewhat politically capable to be ruler of the world, and
his vicious maneuvers were a necessary part of his political
agenda -- to return Rome to Caesar's form of rule. Chronology by
Barbara F. McManus who says Caligula's "behavior demonstrates
what can happen when absolute power is combined with a total
lack of responsibility and respect for others." Gaius Caligula
of Rome Article on the madness of Caligula, schizophrenia, which
got worse after his illness in A.D. 37. Crazy Caesars of Rome
Madness among royals frequently comes from inbreeding, but that
wasn't the case with the Julio-Claudians. Caligula had epilepsy
and appears to have suffer