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Caligula
Thus did they used to call Gaius, the emperor of the Romans, since from early boyhood he grew up spending most of his time in the military camps and would wear soldiers' shoes. So from the "caligae" they named him…
Καλλιγόλας· οὕτως ἐκαλεῖτο Γάϊος, ὁ βασιλεὺς Ῥωμαίων, ἐπειδὴ ἐκ μικρᾶς ἡλικίας τὰ πολλὰ ἐν τῷ στρατοπέδῳ ἐτρέφετο καὶ τοῖς στρατιωτικοῖς ἐχρῆτο ὑποδήμασιν. ἐκ τῶν καλλίγων οὖν…