If not for Nero, Caligula would easily be rated the Roman Empire's worst emperor, but his notorious reputation might deserve another look.
If not for Nero, Caligula would easily be rated the Roman Empire's worst emperor, but his notorious reputation might deserve another look.
What happened next is the stuff of legend: A rule characterized by cruelty, excess, caprice, and political wrangling. But at first, says Barrett, the youthful emperor looked like he might follow in his respected father’s footsteps. “No one knew anything about him,” he says. “They probably thought they could control him.” Young, charming, and seemingly capable, Caligula began his reign reasonably.But then things changed. About six months into his reign, the emperor’s demeanor changed.
“Right up until the end, Caligula made rational decisions,” says Barrett, comparing him more to a Joseph Stalin as opposed to a deranged Hitler figure. “He could distinguish reality from fantasy.” But the monarch’s reality was one suffused in total power—a privilege he wielded strategically and at will.
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