Caligula (AD12-41) succeeded his father Tiberius as Roman Emperor in AD37. Popular at first, thanks to his liberality and the illustrious reputation of his father, a serious illness seemed to affect his sanity and he declared himself a god. Caligula built a temple to himself as Jupiter Latiaris then hearing of the imageless worship in the Jerusalem Temple, he decided to set up his own life-sized statue in the Holy Place. His advisers beseeched him not to do so, fearing a bloody civil war, but Caligula won’t budge. However, he was assassinated before he could carry out his plan of desecration.
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