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LudwigF's avatar

I believe that Catherine the Great was also rumoured to have had a favourite horse, although its name is lost to history.

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Sallyfemina's avatar

That's just common misogyny talking.

She did have a string of handsome young officers in tight trousers, though... you go Czarina girl!

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bnjd's avatar

I am still waiting for a present-day 80s-tribute band called, "Ronnie James Cassius Dio."

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David Perlmutter's avatar

"So no, Caligula didn't make his horse a senator and neither did he sleep with it."

What a relief to know that! "Little Boots" wasn't entirely as crazy as people said he was.

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James Coverley's avatar

I'm very fond of Gaius. His reign was an absolute riot - sometimes literally - from the moment Tiberius died and everyone was congratulating Gaius on becoming emperor until someone came running in and said that Tiberius had just woken up again....

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Jonathan K. Cohen's avatar

I must be misremembering things: I believed a Roman emperor had deified his horse and made it part of the Roman cult/pantheon. Priests and virgins offered it sacrifices, it was addressed in awe, and it was deconsecrated and slaughtered after the emperor died. I should try historical fiction. :-)

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