Incitatus

• “Emperor Caligula appointed his horse, Incitatus, to the Roman Senate ...”

  The Huffington Post: Richard Hebert: 'Taliban Dan' Ad: Grayson's 'Bridge Too Far'?

• “He invited dinner guests to his palace in the name of his favorite horse, Incitatus, and considered naming the horse as a consul.”

  Voice of America: Italy Unveils Newly Discovered Statue of Emperor Caligula

• “Eh? The first thing that came to mind is the celebrated story of the emperor Caligula and his attempts to have his horse, Incitatus, appointed as a consul.”

  The Guardian: Why Tony Blair is a high-tech company's best friend

• “Incitatus, ooops I mean Al Franken, is withdrawing a boatload of challenges to ballots in the Minnesota Senate race.”

  Dems standing down in Minn?

• “To prove this point, in 39 A.D., Emperor Caligula appointed his horse, Incitatus, to the Roman Senate...”

  The Huffington Post: Richard Hebert: 'Taliban Dan' Ad: Grayson's 'Bridge Too Far'?

• “So far as men and their horses in politics go, Caligula allegedly tried to make his horse, Incitatus, a Roman senator, a consul, and a priest.”

  Jane Minogue: Traditional Marriage and the Straw-Horse Argument

• “She isn't the first horse we've had in the spotlight since we started this theme in January; that honor would go to Incitatus from 'I, Claudius' back in May.”

  Archive 2009-08-30

• “Incitatus was the favored horse of Roman emperor Caligula.”

  Archive 2009-05-10

• “According to Suetonius's Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Incitatus had a stable of marble, with an ivory manger, purple blankets, and a collar of precious stones.”

  Archive 2009-05-10

• “Suetonius also wrote that Caligula planned to make Incitatus a consul.”

  Archive 2009-05-10

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