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I suppose even Caligula wouldn't be impeached (Original Post)
G_j
Aug 2019
OP
Well, to his credit, the orange asshole hasn't made a horse a senator, but give him time...
Javaman
Aug 2019
#5
To be fair, Caligula's thing was only his sisters, SHITLER's being one of his daughters!1
UTUSN
Aug 2019
#7
I think Trump is what Caligula would have been if he had lived to old age.
BannonsLiver
Aug 2019
#10
No, emperors can't be impeached. Caligula would have been assassinated,
struggle4progress
Aug 2019
#12
dalton99a
(81,475 posts)1. There is not enough evidence
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)2. We're still looking for the smoking gun. nt
50 Shades Of Blue
(9,985 posts)3. Interesting trivia: Caligula's last (and 4th) wfe was named...
Milonia.
dalton99a
(81,475 posts)4. She also enjoyed being nekkid
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
Javaman
(62,521 posts)5. Well, to his credit, the orange asshole hasn't made a horse a senator, but give him time...
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)6. Just happens I posted this in another thread....
Javaman
(62,521 posts)8. I, Claudius. Brilliant series! nt
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)9. I watched it again not too long ago.
It holds up very very well.
Celerity
(43,343 posts)13. Mythbusting Ancient Rome - Caligula's Horse
https://theconversation.com/mythbusting-ancient-rome-caligulas-horse-75837
Caligulas Horse (Dalis Horses), Salvador Dali, 1971
Caligulas Horse (Dalis Horses), Salvador Dali, 1971
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)16. all these weird co-incidences are spooky
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.
UTUSN
(70,686 posts)7. To be fair, Caligula's thing was only his sisters, SHITLER's being one of his daughters!1
BannonsLiver
(16,370 posts)10. I think Trump is what Caligula would have been if he had lived to old age.
Only worse.
raccoon
(31,110 posts)11. He hasn't yet appointed a horse to office.
But I share your pain.
madinmaryland
(64,931 posts)14. But he has a turtle in the senate!!
raccoon
(31,110 posts)18. Yeah. I'd rather have the horse. Nt
struggle4progress
(118,282 posts)12. No, emperors can't be impeached. Caligula would have been assassinated,
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
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.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)17. Not by our house.
Nope.