... and since he was the older of the two, he should be given sole power, and he was granted this. He adopted Gemellus as his son but would have him killed within a matter of months. CHANGE His outgoing personality was a big change from Tiberius's character, and because of this, the senators liked him. Caligula spent a lot of money on public games, paid soldiers high wages and got rid of sales taxes. He started a number of large building projects, and kept the roads and bridges safe. GRANDMA Early in his reign, his grandmother, Antonia, one of few good influences in his life, died. After this, Caligula became ill, and after his recovery, Caligula seems to have changed for the worse. BIG SPENDER In less than a year, he spent the entire treasury surplus of about 2.7 billion sesterces ($405 million CDN) that Augustus and Tiberius had built up. Caligula built a ...

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