Roman Emperor Caligula is one of ancient history's darkest and most unsettling figures. His name is synonymous with excess, ...

Experts have found a rare bronze bust depicting one of the most colourful characters in Roman history – the mad, sexually-depraved Emperor Caligula. Considered lost for nearly 200 years, the ...

Caligula proved a popular choice as emperor, both in Rome and in the provinces. He was not only the son of Germanicus but also the grandson, on his mother’s side, of Marcus Agrippa, and the ...

Did he really make his horse a consul? Or sleep with his sisters? In a new BBC documentary Prof Mary Beard reappraises one of Rome's most notorious tyrants Caligula is a nickname for Gaius Julius ...

Italy has never wanted for pleasure palaces. At Silvio Berlusconi’s mansion in Arcore, outside Milan, attendees stripteased and beyond at the so-called Bunga Bunga festivities hosted by the former ...

The story of Caligula begins in a Rome plagued by the paranoia of its current ruler, Tiberius. Innocent citizens are routinely put to death for even the slightest suspicion of treason, and this fate ...

Does history repeat itself? Consider that when Gaius, more popularly known as Caligula, became emperor in 37 A.D., one of his first acts was to throw coins to the crowds to gain popularity with the ...

Did he really make his horse a consul? Or sleep with his sisters? In a new BBC documentary Prof Mary Beard reappraises one of Rome's most notorious tyrants Caligula is a nickname for Gaius Julius ...