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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 8014904, member: 84905&quot;]Actually, historians regard Claudius mostly as an unsuitable and largely incompetent emperor, who depended on his women and the capabilities of some freed slaves for government. The fact that he was still able to spend vast amounts of money on conquest, building programs and direct donations to the military and the public suggest that there was still a lot of money around despite Caligula&#039;s squandering.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The passage below is from Wikipedia:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;However, some historians have shown scepticism towards the large number of sesterces quoted by Suetonius and Dio. According to Wilkinson, Caligula&#039;s use of precious metals to mint coins throughout his principate indicates that the treasury most likely never fell into bankruptcy.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula#cite_note-Wilkinson_2003_10-52" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula#cite_note-Wilkinson_2003_10-52" rel="nofollow">[52]</a> He does point out, however, that it is difficult to ascertain whether the purported &#039;squandered wealth&#039; was from the treasury alone due to the blurring of &quot;the division between the private wealth of the emperor and his income as head of state.&quot;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula#cite_note-Wilkinson_2003_10-52" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula#cite_note-Wilkinson_2003_10-52" rel="nofollow">[52]</a> Furthermore, Alston points out that Caligula&#039;s successor, <b>Claudius, was able to donate 15,000 sesterces to each member of the praetorian guard in 41,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula#cite_note-tacitus-calig-50-25" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula#cite_note-tacitus-calig-50-25" rel="nofollow">[25]</a> suggesting the Roman treasury was solvent.</b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula#cite_note-53" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula#cite_note-53" rel="nofollow"><b>[</b>53]</a>&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Again, I think Caligula&#039;s reign was anything but a blessing, but his impact on the Roman Empire and even the reign of his immediate successor appear to be nearly negligible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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