JemmyHey look, it's Little Boots!
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Explanation: The tyrannical Roman Emperor Caligula was not known as Caligula during his reign. ‘Caligula’ means ‘Little boots’ or ‘Little sandals’, from the military footwear of Roman legionaries - when Caligula was a young boy, his father, Germanicus, took him with him on campaigns, dressed up in a miniature soldier’s outfit. The troops loved him, and took to calling him Caligula - a nickname which he did not appreciate when he was older!
I like how you avoided saying his actual name
Honestly, anyone anymore knows him only as Caligula, and his actual name doesn’t have any distinguishing features (Gaius is extremely common, Caesar and Augustus are borderline titles even at this early point, and Germanicus is more associated with his father).
Oh so is name was wholly unoriginal and forgettable. Unlike Tiberius Claudius Nero
Tiberius is my kid’s middle name. He’s fully lived up to it