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The origin of Caligula's name. The young Gaius earned the nickname "Caligula" (meaning "little soldier's boot", the diminutive form of caliga, hob-nailed military boot) from his father's soldiers while accompanying him during his campaigns in Germania. Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, AD 12 – AD 41. Roman emperor. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.
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The origin of Caligula's name. The young Gaius earned the nickname "Caligula" (meaning "little soldier's boot", the diminutive form of caliga, hob-nailed military boot) from his father's soldiers while accompanying him during his campaigns in Germania. Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, AD 12 – AD 41. Roman emperor. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.
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5075 x 3512 px | 51.0 MB
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43.0 x 29.7 cm | 16.9 x 11.7 in (300 dpi)
