The Pitiful Senescence of the Senate
According to the historian Suetonius, Caligula once joked about appointing his horse Incitatus as Consul, thereby giving him oversight of the Roman Senate. When I first read this account, I interpreted it as evidence to support to the conventional view that Caligula lost his mind after suffering from a severe illness. After watching yesterday’s appalling […]
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