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Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, or Caligula was professed to be the
maddest and cruelest of all Roman emperors. As emperor, Caligula put the imperial
treasury in severe debt, performed acts of insanity, and committed scandalous sexual acts. ...
The film, Caligula, as compared to the book, had very little historical untruths. ... Gaius received his nickname
Caligula from the half boots or sandals that went with the costume called caligilas. ...
Caligula was not a handsome man in any regard; his body was tall, spindly and
pale. ...
Despite the physical differences, I thought Malcolm McDowell did a superb job of
capturing the personality of Caligula. ... Tiberius,
Caligula’s granduncle, portrayed as his grandfather in the film, is ill and he summoned
Caligula to Capri to tell him his will. In the film, when Caligula learns that Tiberius’
grandson and he are joint heirs, he decides to strike Tiberius to his death with a
mirror. Macro, the Perfect of the Praetorians, retrieved the mirror from Caligula and
strangled Tiberius himself with a mesh scarf. However, the book states that Caligula
ordered heavy rugs to be thrown over Tiberius until the old man died of suffocation.
Caligula had three sisters, Agrippina Jr.
Approximate Word count = 966
Approximate Pages = 3.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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