[Loch-Ruadh] Which Historical Lunatic Are You?

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another late entry but funny anyway...

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Magdalea/Pook
Which Historical Lunatic Are You?
You are Gaius Caesar Germanicus - better known as Caligula!

Third Emperor of Rome and ruler of one of the most powerful empires of all 
time, your common name means "little boots". Although you only reigned for 
four years, brief even by Roman standards, you still managed to garner a 
reputation as a cruel, extravagant and downright insane despot. Your father 
died in suspicious circumstances, you were not the intended heir, and one of 
your first acts as Emperor was to force the suicide of your father-in-law. 
Your sister Drusilla died that same year; faced with allegations that your 
relationship with her had been incestuous, you responded, bafflingly, by 
declaring her a god.

You revived a number of unpopular traditions, including auctions of 
properties left over from public shows. When a senator fell asleep at one 
such auction, you took each of his nods as bids, selling him 13 gladiators 
for a vast sum. You attempted to have your horse, Incitatus, made into a 
consul and hence one of the most powerful figures in Rome. It was granted a 
marble stable with jewels and a staff of servants. At one point you forced 
your comrade Macro to kill himself - in much the same vein as your 
father-in-law - accusing him of being his wife's pimp. You, of course, were 
having an affair with said wife at the time.

Things went from bad to worse. When supplies of condemned men ran short in 
the circus, you had innocent spectators dragged into the arena with the 
lions to fill their place. You claimed mastery of the sea by walking across 
a three-mile bridge of boats in the Bay of Naples; kissed the necks of your 
lovers, whispering sweet nothings like "This lovely neck will be chopped as 
soon as I say so,"; dallied with your sister's lover and made her pull her 
unborn child out of her womb prematurely. Towards the end of your reign, you 
had a golden statue of yourself made and dressed each day in the same 
clothes you yourself wore. When you eventually died, the terrified people of 
Rome refused to believe that such a cruel reign could ever end, and believed 
you to be alive for years afterwards.



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