If you ever find yourself supremely bored with an Internet
connection, Google the infamous Roman Emperor Caligula. If only a small fraction
of the things that have been written about him are true, he’d still be one of
the weirdest humans who ever walked the earth. He only ruled four years – from 37
to 41 A.D. – but his short reign was marked by extravagance and cruelty. His
real name was Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus. Caligula (which means “Little
Boot”) was a childhood nickname given him by his father’s soldiers. According
to one story, Caligula was on his way to invade Britain when he came to the
northern coast. He called off the invasion and decided to make war on the sea.
He ordered his soldiers to repeatedly stab the waves so the god Neptune would
be offended. Then, he had them fill their helmets with seashells as spoils of
war.
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