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[ kuh -lig -yuh -luh ] SHOW IPA
/ kəˈlɪg yə lə / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun Gaius Caesar emperor of Rome 37–41.
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Example sentences from the Web for Caligula Caligula drank “pearls of great price dissolved in vinegar.”
An Ivy League Frat Boy’s Shallow Repentance | Stefan Beck| November 24, 2014| DAILY BEAST
He looks like a cross between Caligula and an evil Bratz doll.
Game of Thrones’ ‘The Lion and the Rose’: Joffrey’s Demented, Shocking Royal Wedding | Andrew Romano| April 14, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Caligula is one of only three films that Ebert ever walked out of.
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Hedonistic distractions have existed from Caligula and Nero to Andreotti and Berlusconi.
The New Fellini: Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘The Great Beauty’ | Jimmy So| November 18, 2013| DAILY BEAST
You Michael, have impersonated, or played may be a better word, Mozart, ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair, Caligula .
David Frost on Frost/Nixon | The Daily Beast| December 6, 2008| DAILY BEAST
Was such base buffoonery ever heard of even under a Nero, or Caligula ?
Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2 | Ernst Eckstein
Caligula had made good his escape, satisfied that his dagger had done its work upon the arch-traitor.
"Unto Caesar" | Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Had some Caligula or Nero ruled this land, we should look in vain for what we behold to-day.
The United States in the Light of Prophecy | Uriah Smith
The debaucheries, jealousies, and cruelties of his reign, remind us of what we have half sceptically read of Nero and Caligula .
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 433 | Various
As in Rome under the rule of Nero and Caligula , suicide would be the only way to liberty.
British Socialism | J. Ellis Barker
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British Dictionary definitions for Caligula noun original name Gaius Caesar, son of Germanicus. 12–41 ad , Roman emperor (37–41), noted for his cruelty and tyranny; assassinated
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Cultural definitions for Caligula A cruel and insane ruler of the Roman Empire in the first century a.d. ; one of the twelve Caesars. To humiliate the senators of Rome, he appointed his horse to the senate.
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