Caligula once "captures the ocean" and brought seashells as booty

We come down to us a little bit of evidence and documents about the reign of Caligula. In the first two years at the helm of the Roman Empire, he is described as a moderate and noble monarch, and then sources say about him as a wasteful, cruel tyrant, and sexual promiscuity.

Recently, the accuracy of these sources are increasingly being questioned, but we know that during his brief reign of Caligula hatched the idea of ​​expansion of absolute power himself as emperor. One day he went to the English Channel with a military expedition, which was to gather on the banks of shells, which are then taken to Rome. Caligula claimed that captures the ocean and brought with him the trophies.





When the administration of the state vain Roman Caesar paid special attention to the construction of luxurious palaces for himself and ambitious architectural projects. So, he started the construction of two aqueducts - «Aqua Claudia» and «Anio Novus», for improving the water supply of Rome. One of the achievements of Caligula as a Roman emperor - the accession of Mauritania. The 41-year district. e. Caligula was the first of the Caesars, who was killed.

via factroom.ru