Europe 41 AD: Reign of Caligula

The Julio-Claudian Dynasty
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Reign of Caligula
late 6AD Tiberius’ Campaigns in Germania
Sep 9AD Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
16AD Battle of Idistaviso
18AD Arminius’ War with Maroboduus
26AD Roman Clients in Germania
36AD Civil Wars of Artabanus II
23 Jan 41AD Reign of Caligula
Aug 43AD Claudius’ invasion of Britain
47AD Roman Conquest of Britain
sum 49AD Bosporan War
early 54AD Iberian–Armenian War
sum 59AD War of the Armenian Succession
60/61AD Boudica’s Rebellion
62AD Battle of Rhandeia
Oct 66AD Great Jewish Revolt
7 Jun 68AD Downfall of Nero
When Tiberius died in 37 AD, the throne passed to his 24-year-old nephew Gaius Caesar, better known as Caligula. Despite his initial popularity, Caligula’s rule soon became arbitrary, cruel, and self-absorbed. He began pushing for his absolute power in Rome and, after abandoning Armenia and conducting a farcical military campaign against Germania and Britain, summarily executed the Client King of Mauretania, provoking a revolt in Africa. In early 41 AD, resentful of Caligula’s behavior, the Praetorian Guard assassinated him and proclaimed his uncle Claudius the new emperor—a sinister first in the history of the Empire.