Caligula

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus or Caligula (August 31, 12 – January 24, 41), was the Roman Emperor from 37 til he was murdered by his own guards in 41. He suffered from what people historians now beleive to be a mental illness and was insane. One of his most infamous acts was declaring himself a god. He was a good friend of the Jewish King Herod Agrippa, which lead to peaceful ties between Rome and the Jews, but due to his insanity one of his requests was to have a statue of himself errected to be worshipped in the Temple of Jerusalem.