{"id":91102,"date":"2021-03-27T09:50:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T08:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/?page_id=91102"},"modified":"2022-12-07T15:05:13","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T14:05:13","slug":"quotes-of-caligula","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-art-and-culture\/golden-thoughts-of-romans\/quotes-of-caligula\/","title":{"rendered":"Quotes of Caligula"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div class=\"ramka_ze_zdjeciem float-right \"\n         style=\"\">\n\n        <div class=\"zdjecie\">\n            <img\n                class=\"ramka-ze-zdjeciem\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/kaligula-1-300x400.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/kaligula-1-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/kaligula-1-640x853.jpg 640w, https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/kaligula-1.jpg 800w\"                alt=\"Caligula\"\n                width=\"250\"\n                height=\"333\"\n               \n               \n            \/>\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/kaligula-1.jpg\"\n               rel=\"fancybox\"\n               title=\"Caligula\">\n                <div class=\"iover\">\n                    <div class=\"zicon\">\n                        <i class=\"fa fa-search-plus\"><\/i>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"opis\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/biographies\/caligula\/\">Caligula<\/a>            <\/div>\n        \n        \n    <\/div>\n    \n<p><a title=\"Caligula\" href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/biografie\/cesarz-kaligula\/\">Caligula<\/a> (<em>Gaius Claudius <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/curiosities\/caesar-antony-augustus-family-connections\/\">Caesar<\/a><\/em>) lived from 12 to 41 CE). <span class=\"underlined\">Roman Emperor 37 &#8211; 41 CE<\/span>, who went down in history as one of the cruelest rulers of <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-geography\/roman-cities\/rome-eternal-city\/\">Rome<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"cyt\">\n<li>&#8220;Do neither good nor ill to the man whom I have sent you&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Ei quem istoc misi, neque boni quicquam neque mali feceris]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: information in a secret letter that Caligula had ordered particular equite to personally deliver to the hands of <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-constitution\/roman-kingdom\/roman-kings\/\">King<\/a> Ptolemy in <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/article\/mauritania-in-roman-times\/\">Mauritania<\/a>, because of his too noisy behavior during a theatrical performance.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/biographies\/suetonius\/\">Suetonius<\/a>, <em>Caligula<\/em>, 55<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I live!&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Vivo!]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: Caligula&#8217;s last words once he laid on the ground after the blow of tribune Cherea.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Suetonius, <em>Caligula<\/em>, 13<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Don&#8217;t take liberties with my wife&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Noli uxorem meam premere]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: Suetonius says that Caligula honored the wedding of Livia Orestilla with Gaius Piso with his presence. Caligula was to utter these words while participating in the wedding feast; with these words was to admonish the Piso who rests in front of him. Then he immediately abducted Livia from the feast. The next day, he announced in a public announcement that &#8220;he had got himself a wife in the manner of <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-art-and-culture\/roman-legends\/legend-of-romulus-and-remus\/\">Romulus<\/a> and Augustus&#8221; &#8211; Romulus kidnapped Sabine, and August took Livia as his wife, who was already married.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Suetonius, <em>Caligula<\/em>, 25<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Let them hate me, so they fear me&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>:<em> [Oderint, dum metuant]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Suetonius, <em>Caligula<\/em>, 30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Sand without lime&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>:<em> [Harenam esse sine calce]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: o the works of <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/biographies\/seneca-the-younger\/\">Seneca the Younger<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Suetonius, <em>Caligula<\/em>, 53<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Would that the Roman people had but one neck!&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>:<em> [Utinam p. R. unam cervicem haberet!]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: when the audience favored another side.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Suetonius, <em>Caligula<\/em>, 30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Strike so that he may feel that he is dying&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>:<em> [Ita feri ut se mori sentiat]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: Caligula did not allow the condemned man to be killed immediately. In this way he emphasized his cruelty.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Suetonius, <em>Caligula<\/em>, 30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;A man ought either to be frugal or Caesar&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>:<em> [Aut frugi hominem esse oportere dictitans aut Caesarem]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: the words of Caligula during the feasts, when bread and golden snacks were served.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Suetonius, <em>Caligula<\/em>, 37<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;[&#8230;] draw the sword of his nightly labours&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>:<em> [(&#8230;) se lucubrationis suae telum minabatur]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: according Suetonius he said such words in anger during a public speech.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Suetonius, <em>Caligula<\/em>, 53<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caligula (Gaius Claudius Caesar) lived from 12 to 41 CE). Roman Emperor 37 &#8211; 41 CE, who went down in history as one of the cruelest rulers of Rome. &#8220;Do neither good nor ill to the man whom I have sent you&#8221; latin: [Ei quem istoc misi, neque boni quicquam neque mali feceris] description: information [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":91097,"parent":70268,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-91102","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91102\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}