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Researchers determined that the engraving referred to Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, better known as Caligula (aka "little boot," a childhood nickname given to him by his father's soldiers).

The youngest son of the war hero, Germanicus, Gaius Caesar had grown up around soldiers and his nickname, Caligula, meaning "little boots," had stuck. High hopes ...

In AD 37, Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, better known as Caligula, became Roman Emperor. During his four-year reign he became increasingly self–indulgent, cruel, extravagant and perverted. He ...

Born Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus in A.D. 12, Caligula rose to power in A.D. 37 as the third Roman emperor. Nicknamed “Caligula,” meaning “little boots,” after the miniature soldier ...

His name was Gaius Caesar, though we know him better for the nickname given when he was presented with a child's set of Roman armour: "Little Boot" or Caligula.

In his On the Embassy to Gaius, the first-century a.d. historian Philo of Alexandria recounts a diplomatic mission he led from Egypt to Rome seeking intervention on behalf of Alexandria’s Jews ...

Caligula, whose real name was Gaius Caesar Germanicus, was a hated Roman emperor who ruled between 37 and 41 A.D., according to Britannica.

His name was Gaius Caesar, though we know him better for the nickname given when he was presented with a child’s set of Roman armour: “Little Boot” or Caligula.

Inscriptions on the water pipes routed throughout the garden refer to Caligula’s given name, Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, and to that of his paternal great-grandmother.

Researchers determined that the engraving referred to Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, better known as Caligula (aka "little boot," a childhood nickname given to him by his father's soldiers).