There’s no rehabilitating the reputation of Caligula. The 1st-century C.E. Roman Emperor has gone down in the annals of history accused of deeply transgressive behavior, to say nothing of his ...

Experts have found a rare bronze bust depicting one of the most colourful characters in Roman history – the mad, sexually-depraved Emperor Caligula. Considered lost for nearly 200 years, the ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, a Roman emperor known as Caligula briefly reigned over much of Europe, the Near East and northern Africa. Ancient historians describe him as a megalomaniac, a pervert and ...

Caligula proved a popular choice as emperor, both in Rome and in the provinces. He was not only the son of Germanicus but also the grandson, on his mother’s side, of Marcus Agrippa, and the ...

Did he really make his horse a consul? Or sleep with his sisters? In a new BBC documentary Prof Mary Beard reappraises one of Rome's most notorious tyrants Caligula is a nickname for Gaius Julius ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Most people know Caligula as one of history’s most deranged rulers: a bloodthirsty Roman emperor who supposedly made his horse a consul and murdered people for entertainment. But ...

Rome, AD41. High noon. Voluptuous, full-breasted women, naked under their flimsy see-through gowns, cluster in an opulent anteroom with groups of virile young men. Drums beat relentlessly, yet - ...

Since Donald Trump entered the White House in 2016, his political behavior has become a recurring subject of debate in political science and sociology. The pattern is by now familiar: open disregard ...