Posted 04/06/2013 12:26 pm
Happy birthday! Thats a pretty good condition coin. I need a caligula portrait coin!
Heres my favourite quote on Caligula's life (from the 12 Caesars) - what a nut:
And why, you ask?
Heres my favourite quote on Caligula's life (from the 12 Caesars) - what a nut:
Quote:
For he made a bridge, of about three miles and a half in length, from Baiae to the mole of Puteoli, collecting trading vessels from all quarters, mooring them in two rows by their anchors, and spreading earth upon them to form a viaduct, after the fashion of the Appian Way. This bridge he crossed and recrossed for two days together; the first day mounted on a horse richly caparisoned, wearing on his head a crown of oak leaves, armed with a battle-axe...
For he made a bridge, of about three miles and a half in length, from Baiae to the mole of Puteoli, collecting trading vessels from all quarters, mooring them in two rows by their anchors, and spreading earth upon them to form a viaduct, after the fashion of the Appian Way. This bridge he crossed and recrossed for two days together; the first day mounted on a horse richly caparisoned, wearing on his head a crown of oak leaves, armed with a battle-axe...
And why, you ask?
Quote:
when Tiberius was in some anxiety about the nomination of a successor [he nominated Germanicus], and rather inclined to pitch upon his grandson, Thrasyllus the astrologer had assured him, "That Caius [Caligula] would no more be emperor, than he would ride on horseback across the gulf of Baiae."
when Tiberius was in some anxiety about the nomination of a successor [he nominated Germanicus], and rather inclined to pitch upon his grandson, Thrasyllus the astrologer had assured him, "That Caius [Caligula] would no more be emperor, than he would ride on horseback across the gulf of Baiae."
