The conflict eventually led to the destruction of her family, with Caligula as the sole male survivor. Germanicus died at Antioch in 19, and Agrippina returned with her six children to Rome, where she became entangled in a bitter feud with emperor Tiberius, who was Germanicus' biological uncle and adoptive father. He had been named after Gaius Julius Caesar, but his father's soldiers affectionately nicknamed him 'Caligula' ('little boot') Gaius accompanied his father, mother and siblings on campaign in Germania, at little more than four or five years old.
He was born two years before Tiberius was made emperor.
He was the son of the Roman general Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, Augustus' granddaughter, members of the first ruling family of the Roman Empire. Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (31 August 12 – 24 January 41), better known by his nickname Caligula ( / k ə ˈ l ɪ ɡ j ʊ l ə/), was Roman emperor from AD 37 until his assassination in AD 41.
