Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind,

so that you may be able to prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.

Romans 12 2. This is resistance and reformation on the Fight,

Laugh Feast Network. By 27 BC, Gaius Octavius, the grand-nephew and adopted son of Julius Caesar, had successfully subdued

all his rivals and was acclaimed as Caesar Augustus, the first emperor of the Roman Empire.

He reigned for 40 years, and at his death was succeeded by his stepson, Tiberius, in 14 AD.

He reigned for 22 years, and at his death, was succeeded by his grand nephew, Caligula, in 37 AD.

His reign was tumultuous, halted by his assassination in 41 AD. His successors,

first Claudius, then Nero, each reigned 13 years. But surprisingly, it was Caligula's brief four-year regency that helped to define the next century of Roman life, culture, and politics. Collegulus father, Germanicus, was the grandson of

Mark Antony and a universally admired general,

heralded as a kind of Roman Alexander the Great for his virtuous character, his dashing

physique, and his stunning military achievements. He was widely popular and regarded as the ideal Roman. His mother, Agrippina, was the

granddaughter of Augustus. Though their boy was named for the vaunted Julius Caesar, the soldiers

under the command of Germanicus nicknamed him Caligula, literally the

little boot. When he was just seven years old, his father died, possibly having been poisoned

during a deployment in the eastern provinces. Agrippina and her brood of six children returned briefly to Rome,

but she became entangled in a bitter personal conflict with the uncle of Germanicus, the emperor

Tiberius. Everyone in the family except young Caligula was sent into exile.

He was adopted into the imperial household now as the designated heir.

At his accession to the throne as Pontifix Maximus,

he was initially praised as a good, generous, fair, and community-minded and spirited Caesar.

The historian Josephus claimed that in the first months of his reign, Caligula's high-minded

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