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*His cousin [[roman::Tiberius Gemellus]] had previously been made joint heir by Tiberius. Caligula had him murdered on the pre-text that he was plotting against him in [[date::0037|37]]AD | *His cousin [[roman::Tiberius Gemellus]] had previously been made joint heir by Tiberius. Caligula had him murdered on the pre-text that he was plotting against him in [[date::0037|37]]AD | ||
''His brother Tiberius, who had no expectation of any violence, was suddenly dispatched by a military tribune sent by his order for that purpose.'' | ''His brother Tiberius, who had no expectation of any violence, was suddenly dispatched by a military tribune sent by his order for that purpose.'' | ||
===Suicides to avoid Death at the hand of Caligula=== | |||
*His father-in-law [[roman::Silanus]] committed suyicide by cutting his throat with a razor to avoid execution by Caligula | |||
''He forced Silanus, his father-in-law, to kill himself, by cutting his throat with a razor.'' | |||
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===Incest=== | |||
*He took his sister's virginity, [[roman::Drusilla]] and was once caught having sex with her by his grandmother Antonia. | |||
''It is believed, that he deflowered one of them, Drusilla, before he had assumed the robe of manhood; and was even caught in her embraces by his grandmother Antonia'' | |||
===Adultery=== | |||
*He continued to have sexual intercourse with his sister when she was married to [[roman::Cassius Longinus]] | |||
''When she was afterwards married to Cassius Longinus, a man of consular rank, he took her from him, and kept her constantly as if she were his lawful wife''. | |||
*With [[roman::Olivia Orestilla]] upon her marriage to [[roman::Caius Piso]] he ordered the bride be taken to his house and married her himself | |||
''he ordered the bride to be carried to his own house, but within a few days divorced her'' | |||
*With [[roman::Lollia Paulina]] who was married to man high ranking Roman in charge of an army. He married her also before divorcing her | |||
''Lollia Paulina who was married to a man of consular rank'' | |||
*With [[roman::Caesonia]]. She willing partook in an adulterous affair although married on account of her voracious sexual appetite | |||
''He loved with a most passionate and constant affection Caesonia, who was neither handsome nor young; and was besides the mother of three daughters by another man; but a wanton of unbounded lasciviousness'' | |||
===Prostitution=== | |||
*Caligula prostituted his sisters to his [[catamites]] (young homosexual lovers) | |||
''rest of his sisters he did not treat with so much fondness or regard; but frequently prostituted them to his catamites.'' | |||
===Homosexuality=== | |||
*In reference to prostituing his sisters it is said that he offered them to his catamites (young homsoexual lovers) | |||
''rest of his sisters he did not treat with so much fondness or regard; but frequently prostituted them to his catamites.'' | |||
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Revision as of 12:21, 19 April 2013
Here is a list of Atrocities and Tortures carried out by Caligula
Tortures
Beaten of Flayed
- Writers at the Grecian games at Syracuse and Attic plays at Lyons in Gaul were beaten with a rod or thrown in twater if their praises did not meet with Caligula's approval.
[Performers]...were forced to blot out what they had written with a sponge or their tongue, unless they preferred to be beaten with a rod, or plunged over head and ears into the nearest river
Victims of Atrocities occasioning Death
Suffication/Strangulation
- Tiberius . He allegedly sufficated and strangled Tiberius, his step-father as he lay dying.
He caused a pillow to be thrown upon him , squeezing him by the throat, at the same time, with his own hand
Crucification
- Freedman. Freedman of Tiberius who witnessed his death at the hands of Caligula
One of his freedmen crying out at this horrid barbarity, he was immediately crucified
Poisoning
- Antonia, his grandmother may have been poisoned by Caligula
Indignities of this kind, and ill usage, were the cause of her death; but some think he also gave her poison
Stabbings and Decapitations
- His cousin Tiberius Gemellus had previously been made joint heir by Tiberius. Caligula had him murdered on the pre-text that he was plotting against him in 37AD
His brother Tiberius, who had no expectation of any violence, was suddenly dispatched by a military tribune sent by his order for that purpose.
Suicides to avoid Death at the hand of Caligula
- His father-in-law Silanus committed suyicide by cutting his throat with a razor to avoid execution by Caligula
He forced Silanus, his father-in-law, to kill himself, by cutting his throat with a razor.
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Incest
- He took his sister's virginity, Drusilla and was once caught having sex with her by his grandmother Antonia.
It is believed, that he deflowered one of them, Drusilla, before he had assumed the robe of manhood; and was even caught in her embraces by his grandmother Antonia
Adultery
- He continued to have sexual intercourse with his sister when she was married to Cassius Longinus
When she was afterwards married to Cassius Longinus, a man of consular rank, he took her from him, and kept her constantly as if she were his lawful wife.
- With Olivia Orestilla upon her marriage to Caius Piso he ordered the bride be taken to his house and married her himself
he ordered the bride to be carried to his own house, but within a few days divorced her
- With Lollia Paulina who was married to man high ranking Roman in charge of an army. He married her also before divorcing her
Lollia Paulina who was married to a man of consular rank
- With Caesonia. She willing partook in an adulterous affair although married on account of her voracious sexual appetite
He loved with a most passionate and constant affection Caesonia, who was neither handsome nor young; and was besides the mother of three daughters by another man; but a wanton of unbounded lasciviousness
Prostitution
- Caligula prostituted his sisters to his catamites (young homosexual lovers)
rest of his sisters he did not treat with so much fondness or regard; but frequently prostituted them to his catamites.
Homosexuality
- In reference to prostituing his sisters it is said that he offered them to his catamites (young homsoexual lovers)
rest of his sisters he did not treat with so much fondness or regard; but frequently prostituted them to his catamites.
