Was Caligula famous for anything

Answer 1

Caligula was portrayed as being insane. Some ancient historians claimed that this was down to his personality. Others said that he became insane after an illness that nearly killed him. He became paranoid and had close relatives and those he saw as a threat murdered. He came into conflict with the senate, instituted treason trials and had several senators executed. He started claiming that he was a god and appeared in public dressed as various gods. He had various heads of gods removed from statues and replaced with his. He was said that he wanted to be called the New Sun (god). Later Roman writes added further tales of insanity. He they accused him of incest with and prostituting his sisters, of turning his palace into a brothel, of wanting to nominate his horse as a consul and actually appointing him as a priest. The veracity of many of these stories is questionable. There were writers who were hostile to Caligula and in such cases slanderous stories could be made up.

It seems that Caligula's reign begun well. He ended the treason trials of his predecessor and recalled exiled people. He repealed some taxes and published the public accounts. He gave financial aid to people affected by fires. He restored elections. He built new roads and started the construction of two aqueducts.