Monthly Archives for January 2017


January 24: The Assassination of Emperor Caligula

On 24 January 41 CE, Caligula was cornered at the Palatine games, where it is rumored he was making an acting debut, and was stabbed 31 times. Caligula’s wife and infant child were also murdered shortly after. In August of 12 CE, Gaius Julius Cesear Germanicus was born in Antium, what is today Anzio, Italy. […]