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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...