Caligula Made His Horse a Roman Senator

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00:00Did you know a Roman emperor once appointed his horse to the Senate?

00:04In 37 A.D., Caligula shocked Rome by giving his horse Incitatus a marble stable, ivory manger, and purple blankets.

00:12The horse even had its own house and dedicated servants.

00:16But this wasn't madness. It was calculated humiliation.

00:20Senators were forced to bow to a horse during official ceremonies.

00:24Incitatus would vote by stamping his hooves while senators watched in horror.

00:30Caligula threatened to make the horse consul next.

00:33This bizarre appointment exposed how absurd imperial power had become.

00:37The Senate's dignity was destroyed by a horse wearing a jeweled collar.

00:42Eventually, Caligula's own Praetorian guard assassinated him.

00:46Sometimes the greatest insult to power is showing just how meaningless it really is.

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