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What Is The Assassination Of Augustus In Julius Caesar's Death

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A Madman has been Murdered- The assassination of Caligula

Caligula, Born Gaius Caesar Germanicus, was assassinated on January 12, 41 AD, by his guardman, who stabbed him 30 times. His wife and daughter were killed shortly after. People are now parading down the streets of Rome, chants stating that the tyrant is dead are heard. Born in Antium, Italy in the year 12 AD, Caligula (born Gaius Caesar Germanicus) was the great grandson of Augustus and the great-great grandson of Julius Caesar. At the very young age of 3, Caligula began accompanying his father, Germanicus, on his war campaigns, and wore a mini uniform. He earned himself the nickname ‘little boots’, or Caligula. At the time, his father had just been named the heir to Tiberius, an
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