• DOI:10.1017/S0009838814000470
• Corpus ID: 170216093

CALIGULA, INCITATUS, AND THE CONSULSHIP

@article{Woods2014CALIGULAIA,
  title={CALIGULA, INCITATUS, AND THE CONSULSHIP},
  author={David Woods},
  journal={The Classical Quarterly},
  year={2014},
  volume={64},
  pages={772 - 777}
}

• D. Woods
• Published 20 November 2014
• History, Medicine
• The Classical Quarterly

One of the most famous allegations made against the emperor Caligula was that he had intended to appoint his favourite horse, Incitatus, as consul. While Suetonius and Cassius Dio both preserve this allegation, neither explains the basis for it, what exactly Caligula had said or done to lead those about him to believe that this is what he had intended to do.