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dalton99a

(81,475 posts)
4. She also enjoyed being nekkid
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 12:35 PM
Aug 2019
In the account given by Suetonius, the emperor would parade Caesonia in front of his troops, and sometimes displayed her naked in front of select friends

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milonia_Caesonia

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
16. all these weird co-incidences are spooky
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 06:09 PM
Aug 2019


Such as until he renounced him, Trump's "dear longtime friend" is named Barack.

Really makes one think we are in a parallel universe.

History repeating itself, perhaps.

struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
12. No, emperors can't be impeached. Caligula would have been assassinated,
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 04:51 PM
Aug 2019

which is about the closest parallel to impeachment for emperors

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
15. Not if nearly half the nation insisted it was all lies, or
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 05:33 PM
Aug 2019

that they didn't care even if it wasn't, and another third insisted on waiting for the truth to come slap them in the face.

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