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Caligula is the main antagonist of the comic book miniseries Caligula and Caligula: Heart of Rome.
Biography[]
Caligula[]
A noble Roman Emperor, Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus became sick after a campaign, causing a mysterious personality change. However, on an evening, he led a troop to the home of Junius, the protagonist. Caligula entered the house, pierced the heart of the father Ibrahim, and has the household roused. The mother Julia protests, but Caligula shuts her up and declares Julia will be graced that night. He has her remove her tunic and lie on the dining table. He then rapes Julia, lets his men do the same to her, before finally beheading her. Caligula also beheaded an uncle and aunt of Junius and also raped his four years old nephew. He and his men vandalized the house, defecating and urinating everywhere. Then he made a stew by cooking the victims’ heads and ate it with his men.
Years pass and Caligula slowly corrupted Rome inhabitants. He spends his days organizing orgies for himself and his men, raping many women in the events. An adult Junius, having succeeded to infiltrate Rome and Caligula’s palace, stabs him in the head while he is raping a woman. Unfortunately, Caligula is immortal and casually asks Julius to bring a towel. He removes the dagger from his head and hands it to Junius to dispose of. Seemingly unaware of Junius’s true identity, Caligula takes him under his wing and names him “Felix”. He invites him to a horse race the next day, saying his councilors are concerned with his losing streak.
At the horse race, Caligula becomes bored and asks Junius if he is also bored. He answers that he never assisted to a race, which gives an idea to Caligula. He has him attached on a chariot and brings his own personal horse Incitatus, forcing him to be part of the race. Laurentius, a captain of the Praetorian Guard, comes and warns Caligula that the crowd have become violent because of the excessive wagering and wine. Laurentius fears the riots will kill many people like the previous ones. Caligula promises him to make an announcement to the people, only to tell one of his men to have even more deaths by the end of the day.
At the arena, Caligula reveals to the crowd he has tied people, who were picked from opponents’ families, on front of the race chariots before the race begins. Incitatus eventually wins the race. A happy Caligula invites Junius to his personal quarters and promotes him to be his scribe in order to write his biography. Caligula begins to narrate his life by mentioning he created the date by basing it on human testicles. At this moment, Livilla, the sister of Caligula, arrives. Caligula introduces her to Junius all the while whispering to him she has the most beautiful thighs of Rome. Livilla resists, knowing what Caligula is planning, but he dismisses her refusal, telling her she will continue to meet his friends as long as he wants and that if she is good, he will give her a cushion. Livilla slaps him, but he slaps her back, forbidding her to make any noise except screams of ecstasy, and proceeds to rape her. After, he forces Junius to do the same to her and goes to sleep next to Junius. In the night, Caligula awakens and mysteriously begs Junius to kill him because he doesn’t want to live like he does now. He also tells Junius to find something but enters a mysterious trance before he can say anything more. Remaining silent for a second, he explains that a good man sent by God to cure the sick and bring peace once lived in Galilee, but Caligula and other people crucified him and entered the world. He then begins to laugh loudly. Suddenly, Incitatus appears and begins to speak. He forces Junius to have sex with him. After, Caligula has Junius take a bath and calls the doctor to examine him.
Junius figures out Caligula regularly organizes gladiator games to distract the population. When they became bored, Caligula throws slaves, seditionists, or African in the arena against magical creatures such as minotaurs, to corrupt the crows into give in to its bloodlust.
A senator named Callus warns Caligula that he cannot allow the people to elect their own governor because of the problems it would create. Not only did the emperor refuse Callus' request, but he also decreed that taxes on wine would be abolished and that gambling would be free for all. Callus protests that this will bankrupt Rome. Caligula says he hopes this will happen and orders his men to take Callus to the brothel to cure him of his stammer.
Caligula visits Junius while he is taking a bath. Junius claims Incitatus has spoken to him, but Caligula advises him not to confound reality and him. When Junius persists, Caligula puts his head in the water for a few moments, then releases him. He explains that reality is only what Caligula wants it to be. He then beats Junius to teach him manners.
Some days after, Caligula is sailing on a ship with an army and Junius. Heading for a military campaign to crush rebels, he wants Junius to take notes of the eventual battle, for the sake of being recorded in history. The rebels are ultimately wiped out by Caligula and Incitatus, who is revealed to be demonic, frustrated with what he considers as ingratitude despite the privileges he constantly gives to his people, Caligula declares the time for blood has come.
Unwilling to go back to Rome, Caligula becomes paranoid and enraged after the assassination attempt on him. To test the loyalty of his subjects, he hosted dinner parties by giving them poisoned food. Then he decides to organize a “murder game”. The game consists of choosing a random victim among the Senators, with Caligula picking the wife of the alleged murderer to rape her, then elaborating a story saying the murderer believes his wife had an affair with another Senator and that he must kill them and frames the murder on another person. After reading the rules, Junius (referred as “Felix” now) goes to Caligula’s room and is horrified to see he has murdered the wife after raping her. Caligula takes a mysterious thing from his victim and eats it.
Coming back in the hall to see if everyone played their part, he notes that the murderer hasn’t hurt anyone. Caligula taunts him about his wife, even showing him her corpse. Enraged, the Senator attempts to murder him, only to fail. Caligula grabs him by the throat, strangles him, puts his corpse on a plate while he is still alive and announces to his men that those who will eat the most of him will live. The Senator is eaten alive, and Caligula frees the winner. Junius then stabs a demonic woman to avenge his family. Caligula, remaining calm, gently touches Junius’s shoulder and assures him it’s okay.
Growing even more paranoid, Caligula organizes a mass crucifixion to eliminate anyone who is merely suspected to conspire against him. He also spend all money of Rome on circus and bread before spending billions to kill many random people and rape many random women on the streets. Caligula is helped by Incitatus, who manages to stop protests by ordering the people to drop their dresses and form a line. Becoming obsessed by the Jews in the Middle East, he erects statues of himself in their temples to avoid revolts and ordered legions to depart from Gaul and go to the east to wipe out the Jews. But because of his poor handling of Rome economy, there was no money for this order to be executed nor for the raise of more troops. Enraged, Caligula raises taxes, which angered people. Dozens of Jews were brought prisoners from Judea and tortured by Caligula, apparently calming him. Junius is not spared, and one evening, when he proposed more wine to Caligula, the latter grabs him by the throat and violently asks him with who he is conspiring with. Under pressure, Junius admits he saw him remove something from the woman he raped and murdered during the murder game. Caligula releases him and tells him he keeps him around because he is weak because he is too afraid to try to kill him. He then has him dressed and has a slave called Shiva brought before him. After asking to Shiva if he freely gives his soul to him, Caligula orders Junius to kill him. After this, he confesses to Junius he considers murder as an art and tells him to find his soul. When Junius finds the screaming soul, Caligula absorbs him, then puts the soul into a little box. Then he releases Junius from his service.
Caligula is preparing a new play he has written, and he is visited by Junius, who has chosen to stay by his sides. Caligula submits him to a séance of whipping until Junius proclaims his love to him. Caligula then reveals he has resurrected his family and has them come to him. Junius realizes that Caligula is craving for her mother’s soul. He refuses to give the soul to Caligula and runs away. Enraged, Caligula promises him to crush his soul once he captures him and calls his guards to stop Junius. A troop of guards come, but they are against the Emperor. Realizing it, Caligula shouts they do not know what they are doing, only to be assaulted and seemingly killed by the guards. However, the demon gets out of the corpse just in time to possess Junius.
Caligula: Heart of Rome[]
Still roaming free in Rome, Caligula murders several people in his artistic way. It is revealed that Caligula conceived a child named Nero with his sister Messalina. One day, watching a gladiator’s fight, he is approached by Laurentius who expresses concerns about how he gambles and spends more and more and still has sold his olive farm. Caligula only expresses concern about whether Verraxis, his favorite gladiator, will win. Laurentius then asks him if he can hunt the demon. Caligula faints guilt by saying he is responsible for all the atrocities the demon has caused. Laurentius then invites him to his office the next day.
After the fight, Caligula visits a wounded Verraxis. He congratulates him for his performance and offers him a couple of prostitutes. Verraxis refuses because he is hurt. Caligula then magically cures him, puts himself naked and orders him to do a blowjob.
The next evening, he goes with Laurentius and Aulus on the scene of another victim of the demon, a violently beheaded woman. On the scene, Laurentius finds an idol of Minerva, the Goddess of Wisdom. Caligula then brings Laurentius to his house. The latter then explains he has trouble finding the demon (unaware that he is possessing Junius). Caligula recommends him to drink and have sex with woman. He then asks who is hunting Caligula, but Laurentius reveals he cannot reveal anything. Laurentius then sees that the food in Caligula’s home is poisoned and warns him not to eat. Caligula lies by saying that sometimes, mice get into his store and eat the food.
He returns to his lair but vomits the soul of his last victim. Enraged, he demands a Jew to eat. Verraxis points out that Mark, one of his minions, is a Jew. Though Mark denies this because he was taken as a slave to fight since he was very young and that he doesn’t worship the Jewish God, Caligula tries to stab him after feigning mercy. Mark manages to overpower him, but just before he could kill him, Verraxis, called by Caligula, snaps his neck. He then gives the soul for Caligula to eat, much to his joy. Caligula later decides to make Laurentius his next victim. He proposes to reveal to him everything about the string of murders occurring in Rome. At first suspicious, Laurentius eventually accepts and gets killed in Caligula’s lair, which he named “the Heart of Rome”. In this lair, souls are trapped in agony into another dimension of nightmare.
Eventually, Caligula leaves Junius's body to possess Verraxis. He kills a guard but gets noticed. All the guards run to defeat him, but the demon escapes and finally manages to possess Nero. He goes to see his mother, pretending to apologize for his bad behavior. However, understanding that Rome would never be safe if Nero is still because of the danger of being possessed by Caligula, she stabs him. However, Caligula reveals to have already possessed the boy. In punishment, he forces her to have sex with Claudius and watches the scene while she complies. Speaking with one of his minions, he says he dreams to take over Rome and burn it to the ground.
Personality[]
Caligula is a demonic, sadistic, and psychopathic demon who just wants to rule over Rome, so he can whatever he wants. Fully aware of thow evil he is, Caligula enjoys to make others suffer and abuse everyone around him. He has somewhat of a sophisticated side, seeing his numerous crimes as a form of art.
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