Caligula
Ca-lig'u-la, (Caius C*sar,) a Roman emperor, bom
in 12 A.D., was the son of Germanicus and Agrippina,
who was a granddaughter of the emperor Augustus.
His childhood and youth were passed among the soldiers,
with whom he became a favourite. By deep dissimulation
he escaped from being a victim to the suspicion of
Tiberius, who was the uncle of German...
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Caligŭla, Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanĭcus
, son of Germanicus and Agrippina, was born A.D. 12, in the camp, probably in Germany, and was brought up among the legions
(Calig. 8). Here he received from the soldiers the surname of Caligula, from his being arrayed, when quite young, like a common
soldier, and wearing a pair of caligae, a kind of sh...
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Agis II (Gr. Ἄγις) (d. c. 401 BC) was the 17th Eurypontid king of Sparta, the eldest son of Archidamus II by his first wife, and half brother of Agesilaus.[1] He ruled with his Agiad co-monarch Pausanius.[2]
Agis succeeded his father Archidamus in 427 BC, and reigned a little more than 28 years. In the summer of 426 BC, he led an army of Peloponne...
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Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (31 August AD 12 – 24
January AD 41), commonly known as Caligula and sometimes
Gaius, was Roman Emperor from 37 to 41. Caligula was a member
of the house of rulers conventionally known as the Julio-
Claudian dynasty. Caligula's father Germanicus, the nephew and
adopted son of emperor Tiberius, was a very ...
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Agis II (Gr. Ἄγις) (d. c. 401 BC) was the 17th Eurypontid king of Sparta, the eldest son of Archidamus II by his first wife, and half brother of Agesilaus.[1] He ruled with his Agiad co-monarch Pausanius.[2]
Agis succeeded his father Archidamus in 427 BC, and reigned a little more than 28 years. In the summer of 426 BC, he led an army of Peloponne...
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