In a short time after the death of Claudia, who had been married to Caligula, he made his own wife, Ennia, throw out the lure for his affections, till she obtained a promise of marriage. In this she found no difficulty. Caligula wished for nothing so much as an opportunity to seize the sovereign power: and to second his ambition, there was no project which he was not ready to embrace.
Izan ere, handik laster, Tiberioren agintaldiko azken kontsulak, Gneo Azerronio eta Gaio Pontzio, karguratu ziren, Makronen eragina jada handiegia zenean. Gaio Zesarren grazia inoiz deskuidatu ez zuen honek, egunetik egunera, gehiago zaintzen zuen, eta, harekin ezkondu zela esana dudan Klaudia hil zenean, bere emazte Ennia bultzatu zuen, gaztea maitasun itxuran erakarrri eta ezkon-itunez atxikitzera;