i, caligula.

i almost got busted when i took this quiz, which historical lunatic are you? because when i received the afore-pasted result, i exclaimed, "YES!!!" as if i was in one of those freakishly lame herbal essences adverts, having a fake orgasm. {full disclosure: i hate herbal essences everything and i never have fake reactions. ever. i don't know what this has to do with anything, but prashant always fully discloses on his blog so i wanted to copy him}

and i copy and paste;

You are Gaius Caesar Germanicus - better known as Caligula!

Third Emperor of Rome and ruler of one of the most powerful empires of all time, your common name means "little boots". Although you only reigned for four years, brief even by Roman standards, you still managed to garner a reputation as a cruel, extravagant and downright insane despot. Your father died in suspicious circumstances, you were not the intended heir, and one of your first acts as Emperor was to force the suicide of your father-in-law. Your sister Drusilla died that same year; faced with allegations that your relationship with her had been incestuous, you responded, bafflingly, by declaring her a god.

You revived a number of unpopular traditions, including auctions of properties left over from public shows. When a senator fell asleep at one such auction, you took each of his nods as bids, selling him 13 gladiators for a vast sum. You attempted to have your horse, Incitatus, made into a consul and hence one of the most powerful figures in Rome. It was granted a marble stable with jewels and a staff of servants. At one point you forced your comrade Macro to kill himself - in much the same vein as your father-in-law - accusing him of being his wife's pimp. You, of course, were having an affair with said wife at the time.

Things went from bad to worse. When supplies of condemned men ran short in the circus, you had innocent spectators dragged into the arena with the lions to fill their place. You claimed mastery of the sea by walking across a three-mile bridge of boats in the Bay of Naples; kissed the necks of your lovers, whispering sweet nothings like "This lovely neck will be chopped as soon as I say so,"; dallied with your sister's lover and made her pull her unborn child out of her womb prematurely. Towards the end of your reign, you had a golden statue of yourself made and dressed each day in the same clothes you yourself wore. When you eventually died, the terrified people of Rome refused to believe that such a cruel reign could ever end, and believed you to be alive for years afterwards.

anyway, after giggling at the reactions of my stunned co-workers in the wagon's cube farm, i gleefully rubbed my hands together whilst muttering, "excellent" under my breath, a la mr. burns. i LOVE little boots, and his tragic backstory. he is my FAVOURITE ruler/historical figure/insane, fear-inducing despot. this quiz is spot-on! please take it, and then leave me your result, so that i may know what kind of lunatic you are. if you're a caligula too, i'll be blissed. well, i'll just be blissed b/c your comments shall enable me to avoid wagon work and ignore my imaginary significant other ;) aw, c'mon...we LOVED the "which simpson are you?" quiz...and i was amazed at how accurate THOSE results were, too. lisa and caligula. quite a combo am i. off to make my dog a consul...your beloved intelligent despot, who loves you, my little minnows. ;)

Comments

[SAS]

he's definitely one of my favorite eccentrics as well so i guess it's fitting that i got caligula too. decidedly so even: i went back and swapped answers for a few of the questions that i was undecided on, and the thing still insisted caligula every time.

[A to the T]

Wow. How appropriate. I am "Charles VI of France, also known as Charles the Mad or Charles the Well-Beloved!"

A fine, amiable and dreamy young man, skilled in horsemanship and archery, you were also from a long line of dribbling madmen. King at 12 and quickly married to your sweetheart, Bavarian Princess Isabeau, ... after illness you became a tad unstable...At a royal masquerade, you and your courtiers dressed as wild men, ending in tragedy when four of them accidentally caught fire and burned to death. You were saved by the timely intervention of the Duchess of Berry's underskirts.

The madness continues.