Caligula

CAIUS CESAR, (kah-lig'u-lah,) the 4th of the Roman emperors, son of Germanic us and A grip pin a, B. 12 A. D., received his surname from ca lig a, a common shoe worn by the soldiers, and which he himself wore in order to ingratiate himself with them. Owing to his popularity, he succeeded to the throne, A. D. 37. He at first governed well, but soon throwing aside disguise, he showed himself a monster of cruelty, intemperance, and extravagance, and erected temples in his own honor, there to be worshipped as a god. A a inated, A. D. 41. [s. 131]