Dietrich Boschung, an expert on imperial Roman iconography at the University of Cologne in Germany, has since examined photos of the statue. “I’m convinced it is Caligula,” Boschung tells ...

His son, Caligula, had been born in an army camp and was a mascot to the Roman legions. At first, the arrival of Germanicus and his family appeared to be a big mistake. Fearing further violence ...

Deep beneath the streets of Rome near the Vatican, overlooking the banks of the Tiber River, Italian archaeologists have uncovered a hidden gem of Roman history — Caligula’s secret garden. This ...

Most outrageously, Caligula wanted a statue of himself as Jupiter installed ... him as a god Caligula was born in AD 12 to renowned Roman general Germanicus and his wife, Agrippina the Elder.

Still spending, but now short of cash, he began blackmailing leading Roman families ... Meanwhile, Caligula still wanted to become a god. The same year, he ordered his statue to be erected in ...

He added that the statue was a Roman copy of an ancient Greek original. "Everything pagan was forbidden, and they have joined the new ideology," Vagalinski said. He added, "but apparently they ...