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He describes her as a woman of reckless extravagance and wantonness, whom Caligula nonetheless loved passionately and faithfully. [4] According to Cassius Dio , the two entered into an affair some time before their marriage, either late in AD 39 or early in 40, and the emperor's choice of a bride was an unpopular one. [ 5 ]
Caligula is the young heir to the throne of his great-uncle, Emperor Tiberius.One morning, a blackbird flies into his room; Caligula considers this a bad omen. Shortly afterward, one of the heads of the Praetorian Guard, Naevius Sutorius Macro, tells Caligula that Tiberius demands his immediate presence at Capri, where the Emperor lives with his close friend Nerva, Caligula's dim-witted uncle ...
Caligula's marriage to Caesonia as relates to Julia Drusilla, their daughter, is subject to dispute by historians. Suetonius states that Caligula loved Caesonia sincerely, passionately, and faithfully, even before the two were married and until the day Caligula died, [ 3 ] even though Suetonius is otherwise heavily critical of Caligula's ...
Mirren, who plays Caesonia, Caligula’s wife, took it in good humour, calling the film “an irresistible mix of art and genitals”. But critics were appalled.
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Caligula becomes increasingly violent; a Senator who told Macro during Caligula's coma that he would give his life if Caligula lived is forced to commit suicide. Caligula also has Gemellus killed, removes Claudius from his position of consul, and declares his sister Drusilla his wife and fellow goddess Hera. Disgusted with the depths of ...
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Like a bittersweet scene straight out of "The Notebook," a video has surfaced on social media of a 92-year-old man singing a love song to his dying wife in her hospital room.