TIL that Caligula’s real name was Gaius. When he was 2-3 years old, he accompanied his father on a military campaign wearing a miniature uniform devised by his mother, complete with little army boots.

… and the relevant part that’s been left out is that Caligula means “little boot”

So he got his name from the caligae, the roman soldiers sandals? TIL.

Gaius was a really popular Roman name, Gaius Julius Caesar, Gaius Octavius, etc.

I misread the first line and saw Gus instead of Gaius.

Now I wish there had been a horny Emperor Gus.

“I am alive!” dies

Such devastation!

And Herod’s first wife was called Doris.

With a name like gay-us he would have been bullied relentlessly as a kid, no wonder he changed it.