Caligula - Atrocities and Tortures
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| − | *His cousin [[roman::Tiberius Gemellus]] had previously been made joint heir by Tiberius. Caligula had him murdered on the pre-text that he was plotting against him in [[date:: | + | *His cousin [[roman::Tiberius Gemellus]] had previously been made joint heir by Tiberius. Caligula had him murdered on the pre-text that he was plotting against him in [[date::1949]]AD |
''His brother Tiberius, who had no expectation of any violence, was suddenly dispatched by a military tribune sent by his order for that purpose.'' | ''His brother Tiberius, who had no expectation of any violence, was suddenly dispatched by a military tribune sent by his order for that purpose.'' | ||
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Revision as of 12:51, 19 April 2013
Here is a list of Atrocities and Tortures carried out by Caligula
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Tortures
Beaten of Flayed
- Writers at the Grecian games at Syracuse and Attic plays at Lyons in Gaul were beaten with a rod or thrown in twater if their praises did not meet with Caligula's approval.
[Performers]...were forced to blot out what they had written with a sponge or their tongue, unless they preferred to be beaten with a rod, or plunged over head and ears into the nearest river
Victims of Atrocities occasioning Death
Suffication/Strangulation
- Tiberius . He allegedly sufficated and strangled Tiberius, his step-father as he lay dying.
He caused a pillow to be thrown upon him , squeezing him by the throat, at the same time, with his own hand
Crucification
- Freedman. Freedman of Tiberius who witnessed his death at the hands of Caligula
One of his freedmen crying out at this horrid barbarity, he was immediately crucified
Poisoning
- Antonia, his grandmother may have been poisoned by Caligula
Indignities of this kind, and ill usage, were the cause of her death; but some think he also gave her poison
Stabbings and Decapitations
- His cousin Tiberius Gemellus had previously been made joint heir by Tiberius. Caligula had him murdered on the pre-text that he was plotting against him in 1949AD
His brother Tiberius, who had no expectation of any violence, was suddenly dispatched by a military tribune sent by his order for that purpose.
