Caligula — Nero Character Profile

About Caligula

The tyrannical Roman emperor whose brutal murder of Nero's father and subsequent exile of the family sets the entire narrative in motion.

Quick Facts about Caligula

Occupation

politician

Manner of Death

Homicide

Caligula's Known Relations

• Agrippina the Younger — Sibling
• Drusus Caesar — Sibling
• Julia Livilla — Sibling
• Julia Drusilla — Sibling
• Nero Caesar — Sibling
• Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus Major — Sibling
• Tiberius Caesar — Sibling
• Ignotus Julius Caesar Germanicus — Sibling
• Agrippina the Elder — Mother
• Julia Drusilla — Child
• Germanicus — Father
• Milonia Caesonia — Spouse
• Livia Orestilla — Spouse
• Junia Claudilla — Spouse
• Lollia Paulina — Spouse

Caligula appears in 4 titles

• The Robe (1953) — character page
• Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) — character page
• Caligula (1979) — character page
• Nero (2004)

Character Facts

Played by

John Simm

Appears in

Nero (2004)

Role

Minor

More characters from Nero

• Nero (Hans Matheson)
• Acte (Rike Schmid)
• Aggrippina (Laura Morante)
• Seneca (Matthias Habich)
• Etius (Jochen Horst)
• Domitia (Ángela Molina)
• Claudia Octavia (Vittoria Puccini)
• Britannicus (Francesco Venditti)
• Poppaea Sabina (Elisa Tovati)
• Septimus (Ian Richardson)
• Young Nero (James Bentley)
• Paul of Tarsus (Pierre Vaneck)