Caligula shared many of the popular passions and enthusiasms of the lower classes and young aristocrats: public spectacles, particularly gladiator contests, chariot and horse racing, the theatre and gambling. … See more

Caligula was quite capable of recognising decisions as flawed, including his own, or reversing them when faced with implacable opposition. He restored the right of the popular assembly (comitia) to elect magistrate… See more

In the city of Rome, Caligula completed the temple of Augustus and the theatre of Pompey, began an amphitheatre beside the Saepta. He supervised the extension and rebuilding of the imperial palace, to include a gallery to … See more

In the course of 39, Caligula's increasingly tense relationship with his Senate deteriorated into outright hostility and confrontation. Dio writes of denunciations and trials for treason (maiestas), following Caligula's l… See more