Gaius Iulius Caesar Germanicus, – cesarz rzymski od 18 marca 37 r. Oficjalna tytulatura: Gaius Iulius Caesar Augustus Germanicus. Wikipedia
„Niech mnie nienawidzą, byle się mnie bali.”
Oderint, dum metuant. (łac.)
Źródło: José María López Ruiz, Tyrani i zbrodniarze. Najwięksi nikczemnicy w dziejach świata, tłum. Agata Ciastek, Dom Wydawniczy Bellona, Warszawa 2006, s. 33.
„Rańcie ich tak, żeby wiedzieli, że umierają.”
Źródło: José María López Ruiz, Tyrani i zbrodniarze. Najwięksi nikczemnicy w dziejach świata, op. cit., s. 34.
“Would that the Roman people had but one neck!”
Utinam populus Romanus unam cervicem haberet!
As quoted in 'The Twelve Caesars: Gaius Caligula by Suetonius, section 30, as translated by Alexander Thomson.
“Let them hate me, so that they will but fear me.”
Oderint, dum metuant.
Quoted in The Tyrants : 2500 Years of Absolute Power and Corruption (2006), p. 27 London: Quercus Publishing, ISBN 1905204965 , these derive from a statement by Suetonius, included below, in which he states these words were often used by Caligula, but imply that he was quoting the tragedian Accius.
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“There is no question as to who her father is then.”
Upon hearing that his daughter, Julia Drusilla had clawed out another child's eyes
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