Learn what this Roman emperor's secret garden meant to Roman society and why the discovery speaks to ancient Roman life.

The youngest son of the war hero, Germanicus, Gaius Caesar had grown up around soldiers and his nickname, Caligula, meaning "little boots," had stuck. As a child, Caligula had suffered enormously.

Gaius Julius Caesar is marching southbound to the river Rubicon with an army. He pauses. To cross this river and move into Italy would amount to insurrection. Treason against the republic.

After eliminating his rivals in a civil war, general and politician Gaius Julius Caesar began serving as dictator of Rome in 49 BCE. He established a number of political reforms before getting ...

The youngest son of the war hero, Germanicus, Gaius Caesar had grown up around soldiers and his nickname, Caligula, meaning "little boots," had stuck. As a child, Caligula had suffered enormously.