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CALIGULA

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Overview

CALIGULA (noun)
  The noun CALIGULA has 1 sense:

1. Roman Emperor who succeeded Tiberius and whose uncontrolled passions resulted in manifest insanity; noted for his cruelty and tyranny; was assassinated (12-41)play

  Familiarity information: CALIGULA used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


CALIGULA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Roman Emperor who succeeded Tiberius and whose uncontrolled passions resulted in manifest insanity; noted for his cruelty and tyranny; was assassinated (12-41)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Caligula; Gaius; Gaius Caesar

Instance hypernyms:

Emperor of Rome; Roman Emperor (sovereign of the Roman Empire)


 Context examples 


"You are like a murderer—you are like a slave-driver—you are like the Roman emperors!" I had read Goldsmith's History of Rome, and had formed my opinion of Nero, Caligula, etc. Also I had drawn parallels in silence, which I never thought thus to have declared aloud.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)



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