Roman emperor Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, better known as Caligula, was BOTD in 12 AD. Born in Antium, the son of emperor Germanicus, he had a turbulent childhood, with most of his family imprisoned or murdered by the emperor Tiberius. He lived with Tiberius in Capri for six years, and is thought to have ordered his murder, becoming Emperor in 37 AD. He overspent in his early reign, putting on lavish gladiator events, abolishing taxes and aiding fire victims, triggering a financial crisis, and requiring him to tax weddings, legal cases and prostitutes. Undeterred, he continued spending money on amphitheatres, palaces, viaducts and ships. He became infamous for executing political opponents without trial, declaring himself a god, attempting to appoint his horse Incitatus as a consul, ordering the mass murder of his subjects, and having sexual relationships with his sisters and his brother-in-law Marcus Lepidus. In 40 AD, he announced plans to move to Alexandria and be worshiped as a living god. An exasperated Senate ordered his assassination, and he was stabbed to death in 41 AD, aged 28. He has been portrayed many times on screen, most notably by John Hurt in the 1976 TV serialisation of Robert Graves‘ novel I, Claudius and by Malcolm McDowell in the X-rated 1979 film Caligula.