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To: GQuagmire
From wikipedia:

Incitatus was the favored horse of Roman emperor Caligula. Its name is a Latin adjective meaning "swift" or "at full gallop".

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. Others have indicated that the horse was attended to by eighteen servants, and was fed oats mixed with gold flake. Suetonius also wrote that Caligula planned to make Incitatus a consul.

Incitatus was named not only a citizen of Rome, but a member of the Roman senate.

The horse would "invite" dignitaries to dine with him in a house outfitted with servants there to entertain such events.

15 posted on 07/16/2010 11:12:36 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: ClearCase_guy

Thank you. Got distracted @ work.


17 posted on 07/16/2010 11:16:58 AM PDT by GQuagmire
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