He completed several public projects in Rome, including the Temple of Augustus and Pompeii Theatre. In Syracuse, he restored the long-damaged city walls and many temples. He often held gladiator competitions, chariot competitions and various stage performances, which won the universal love of the people.
In 37 10, Carregula had a serious illness. Soon after his recovery, he broke away from the Senate class and pursued a series of irrational policies and cruel rule.
The rulers of ancient Rome were regarded as gods only after their death, but caligula ordered that the heads of the gods shipped from Greece be removed and replaced with their own heads, and asked people to pay tribute to their gods when passing by; Caligula pretended to be a god and told everyone that he was often invited by God to live in heaven.
On a whim, he suddenly had the idea of conquering the Germans. So he immediately assembled legions and auxiliary legions all over the country, collected taxes from all over the province, and raised all kinds of munitions on an unprecedented scale. Except for a king in the south of Britain who surrendered to him, he gave up the idea of marching before the real war.
Caligula's extravagant measures consumed Tiberius' 2.7 billion Cestes' treasury in one year. So caligula thought of various ways to collect money: he abolished the law that Roman citizenship could be passed on to future generations, and restricted the people in various provinces and freed slaves to only give "second generation" citizenship to increase the number of taxpayers; He asked the people to list the emperor as one of the legatees in their wills, otherwise the will would be invalid; He also acquiesced in various false accusations and confiscated the defendant's property by court decision.
Caligula's madness and plunder caused many assassination attempts. In 40 years, caligula suddenly announced to the Senate that he planned to leave Rome permanently and move to Alexandria, hoping to be honored as a living god there. Because the power of the Roman emperor has deeply influenced the political operation of the empire, if caligula's decision is put into practice, the Roman Senate and the Guards will no longer be able to control the emperor's debauchery and tyranny.
4 1+654381At noon on October 24th, when caligula was going to have lunch, he and several accomplices stepped forward and assassinated caligula, killing his wife Casana and her little daughter, You Liya Drusela. When caligula's loyal German guards responded, the emperor was already dead.
Caligula died at the age of 29 and was in office for 3 years 10 months and 8 days. His body was quietly taken out, burned in half on a hastily prepared cremation pile and buried. Later, his sisters came back from exile, dug up his body, cremated it again and buried it.
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Caligula, whose full name is Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (Latin: Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, August12,31-41,65438+1October 24th), was originally named gaius julius caesar germanix. The third emperor of Roman Empire, the third emperor of Jorio-Claudia Dynasty, reigned from March 37, A.D. 18 to April 24, A.D.1year.
Caligula was his childhood nickname, which means "Little Army Boots". It originated from the military boots that soldiers put on for him when he was stationed in the front line of Germany with his father Nikuston. In 37 AD, Emperor Tiberius died in Capri Island, and caligula was recognized by the Senate, inheriting all the powers of Tiberius and becoming the emperor. Caligula is regarded as a typical tyrant in the early Roman Empire.
During his reign, he established a reign of terror, deified imperial power and acted absurdly and tyrannically. Because of its exultation, the imperial financial situation deteriorated sharply by building public buildings and holding various large-scale banquets. Later, he tried to slow down the financial crisis by increasing all kinds of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous fees, which caused resentment from all walks of life in the empire. In 4 1 A.D., caligula was assassinated by Gaius Gaius Cassius Longinus Langjinus Caria, the captain of the guard.
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