TIL that Caligula’s real name was Gaius. When he was 2-3 years old, he accompanied his father on a military campaign wearing a miniature uniform devised by his mother, complete with little army boots.

... and the relevant part that's been left out is that Caligula means "little boot"

So he got his name from the caligae, the roman soldiers sandals? TIL.

Gaius was a really popular Roman name, Gaius Julius Caesar, Gaius Octavius, etc.

I misread the first line and saw Gus instead of Gaius.

Now I wish there had been a horny Emperor Gus.

"I am alive!" dies

Such devastation!

With a name like gay-us he would have been bullied relentlessly as a kid, no wonder he changed it.

And Herod's first wife was called Doris.