- Rome Empire looks at the increasingly deranged and paranoid reign of Emperor Caligula. He a kills his heir and forces his praetorian prefect to commit suicide. In search of a new heir to solidify his place as Emperor, Caligula begins affairs with his three sisters in order to have a child of royal blood. When his sister Drusilla dies, Caligula becomes deranged and the plot of three daggers surrounds him.—Shatterdaymorn
- Rome Empire looks at the increasingly deranged and paranoid reign of Emperor Caligula. In 38 AD, Caligula Kills his heir Gemellus. Caligula then sends Macro away by appointing him as the prefect of Egypt. But then Caligula has Macro murdered on his way to Egypt (Macro commits suicide in face of certain death).
In search of a new heir to solidify his place as Emperor, Caligula begins affairs with his three sisters in order to have a child of royal blood. Agrippina is the first to approach Caligula and suggests that she can give him a son, who will be the next in line to the throne. Agrippina is the first to seduce Caligula and have sex with him. Incest was taboo in Roman society, so the affair had to be kept a secret. But even after months of trying Agrippina fails to get preggers. So, Caligula turns his sights on Drusilla, who was famed as a beauty. Then Caligula seduces Livilla, hoping one of his sisters would give him a child.
The sisters know that refusing Caligula would cost them their lives. The affairs continue. Eventually Drusilla gets preggers and Caligula announces this to the palace. Agrippina is devastated as this was her only way to the throne, as the empress. Caligula starts to treat Drusilla as his wife. As the news of the affair spreads, Caligula is considered a sexual deviant by the masses.
When his sister Drusilla dies (from illness during her pregnancy), Caligula becomes deranged. He goes into a deep depression and ignores Rome. He spends all of his energy into keeping Drusilla's memory alive. Her image was placed on statues of various Goddesses, temples were dedicated to her, lavish amount of money on her lavish funeral, gladiatorial games. Caligula proclaims Drusilla a Goddess. This was the first time in ROman history when a legislation proclaimed a Goddess. Caligula pushes Agrippina away, as he suspects her and because she couldn't produce a child. Caligula's mourning gets worse with time. He bans any sort of normal activity during the mourning and executes people for doing simple stuff like selling hot water during the mourning.
Caligula defers matters of the state to his uncle Claudius. Caligula was openly hostile to the Senate. Caligula even offends his army by treating the soldiers badly and killing them on his whims. Desperate for a child, Caligula marries Caesonia. A woman who is already pregnant with another man's child. One month later, Caesonia goes into labor and gives birth to a girl. Privately, Caligula is still depressed. Lepidus (Husband of Drusilla), Livilla and Agrippina plot to secure their own position in the palace. They decide to kill Caligula in a plot that came to be knows as the plot of three daggers. For the trio, this a pre-emptive strike as it was only a matter of time after which Caesonia would produce a son and the trio would be edged out, or executed. Agrippina offers to isolate Caligula with Livilla and Lepidus attacking from a hidden point in his chamber
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