Most historians would say, “none.” Caligula appears to have suffered a major illness shortly after becoming Emperor in 37 CE. For the remaining years of his reign, he was alternately capricious and cruel. He wasted state resources on meaningless military expeditions, became ever more paranoid and delusional, frittered away the funds amassed in the treasury by his predecessor, his great Uncle, Tiberius, and threatened and terrified senator and citizen alike. By the year 41, many people had had enough, and he was assassinated by soldiers in January, 41 CE.

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