from the Guardian article:
Lake Nemi, south of Rome, where Caligula's tomb is believed to be. Photograph: MARKA / Alamy/Alamy

1 posted on
01/18/2011 5:43:57 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
For those who are curious about our fascination with "Little Boots," the throughly mad emperor of Rome, allow me to refer you to a definitive, oft-quoted source.
Suetonius' Life of Caligula from "Twelve Caesars".
23 posted on
01/18/2011 7:19:36 PM PST by
Prospero
(non est ad astra mollis e terris via)
To: SunkenCiv
Please add me to the GGG ping list. I usually end up on these threads anyway.
Is there a hazing ritual?
To: SunkenCiv
Italian police might have found intriguing evidence pointing to the long-lost villa of the incestuous and lunatic emperor Caligula, according to a report by the Italian daily Corriere della Sera.A thousand years from now:
Chinese police in the People's Protectorate of Illinois have found intriguing evidence pointing to the long-lost villa of the Marxist and lunatic president 0bama, according to a report by the Xinhua News Agency's U.S. Bureau.
To: SunkenCiv

Still one of the biggest stinkers ever made.
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