Caligula reigned as the Roman Emperor from March 37 to January 41 AD.

His actual name was Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus - which is rather a mouthful, isn’t it? The nickname, Caligula, was acquired from his father’s soldiers during their campaign in Germania.

Not much is really known about Caligula’s reign, as most of the documentation has been lost. What is known, however, is that he was assassinated, ending the Julii Caesares, although his nephew (Nero) continued the Julio-Claudian dynasty until his own death in 68 AD.