(March 28, 2020 at 1:14 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(March 28, 2020 at 12:44 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: Executed for dereliction of duty.
Nonsense. He attacked the Senate, robbed from the rich to give to himself, protected his position by bribing the army, declared himself divine, and embarked on a number of ego-boosting building projects. These are all things emperors are supposed to do.
He fulfilled his duty in grand style.
Boru
He also wanted to move the empire's capital from Rome to Alexandria. This may have been the last straw for the senate and the praetorian guard who had already lost most of their influence to control his lunacy. One of the chief assassins, Cassius Chaerea, may also have had republican motives for killing Caligula.
"The world is my country; all of humanity are my brethren; and to do good deeds is my religion." (Thomas Paine)
