On the Embassy to Gaius by Philo Written circa 42 CE. Flaccus by Philo Written circa 42 CE. Moral Essays by Seneca Written circa 40 CE - 63 CE. Antiquities of the Jews, Books XVIII-XIX by Josephus Written circa 94 CE. Life of Caligula by Suetonius Written circa 121 CE. Life of Tiberius by Suetonius Written circa 121 CE. Life of Claudius by Suetonius Written circa 121 CE. Roman History by Cassius Dio Written circa 229 CE. Detailed Family Tree of the Julio-Claudians Breakdown of Caligula's Name His Core Name: Gaius* = His given name. Julius = Signified membership in the Julian tribe. Caesar** = Signified which branch of the Julian tribe he belonged to. *You will often see "Gaius" written as "Caius" but it's the same name. ** At this point in history "Caesar" was not yet an honorific title and Caligula was technically a member of the Caesarian branch of the Julians. Honorific Names and Nicknames: Augustus = Honorific title acquired as Princeps. Germanicus = A family nickname inherited from his father and grandfather. Caligula = His personal nickname. About The primary goal of this site is to gather all the ancient sources regarding Caligula in one place. I started working on a play about Caligula a decade ago while in college. While researching it, my theater connections disappeared, so I abandoned it. Last year, I thought I had developed another connection, so I dove right back into research and developed a synopsis for a trilogy of plays about Caligula. I'd written a detailed outline and half of the first act for the first play when that connection disappeared. While doing research, I became very fustrated with having to go to nearly a dozen different websites to read the ancient sources that specifically related to Caligula and would detail what shaped his character. It seemed to me that somebody should have put all this stuff together in one place, but apparently they didn't. So I made this site for my own convenience. Now, I've fixed it up a bit and I'm hosting it on my band's website since I've got a lot of unused space and bandwidth here. I'm currently burnt out on him, but in the future I may expand this site. I hope it can help anyone else who's doing research on Caligula. -jim otherwiseorange.net