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yaesu

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2. Yes and I believe he also appointed a horse to the position of consul which reminds me of tRump

Reply to thucythucy (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2026, 04:06 PM

17 hrs ago

appointing people he can lead around like a horse but dumber than a horse. I learned most of my Roman history watching the excellent 1970's series I Claudius ;o)

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Didn't Caligula also have a thing about sea shells? [View all] thucythucy 18 hrs ago OP

Caligula - the Mad Emperor who appointed his horse senator and declared War on the Sea usonian 17 hrs ago #1

Yes and I believe he also appointed a horse to the position of consul which reminds me of tRump yaesu 17 hrs ago #2

Well, he definitely some_of_us_are_sane 17 hrs ago #4

i looked that up this morning rampartd 17 hrs ago #3

Claudius tho disabled, was at least intelligent AND competent CatWoman 17 hrs ago #5

Little boots? SocialDemocrat61 17 hrs ago #6

Yes and no. Or perhaps. That's how the story goes, but is the story true? RockRaven 17 hrs ago #7

I do know something about the ambiguity of this history thucythucy 10 hrs ago #8