Caligula
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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CALIGULA k lig yool , a.d. 12 a.d. 41, Roman emperor (a.d. 37 a.d. 41); son...military boots, whence his nickname caligula =little boot. On the death of Tiberius the army helped make Caligula emperor. Shortly afterward he...