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Oh yeah, well Emperor Gaius made his horse a senator.

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@BioRaiders532: That was Caligula you n00b
@charyas: Julius Caesar actually demanded that he was worth more than the pirates asked for ransom. Also, because the pirates had treated him nicely, he had their throats cut first.

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Wasnā€™t he insane or something?

I mean, making your horse a senator is pretty crazy.

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Yep, insane. Just like his brother

EDIT: Gaius and Caligula are one and the same.

Shame on me for not remembering.

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Yup, full name was Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus. Caligula was apparently a common nickname.

Why did the Emperors have to have such long namesā€¦Republic days were better. :confused:

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Because they liked having the name Caeser in them, and the names of previous emperors or rulers in their names.

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Ironically, the Julia-Caesers were practically no one until the First Gaius Julius came along.

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Anyone here know of Lucius Caesar that guy who added a name whenever he blowed his nose? :stuck_out_tongue:

He was co-emperor with Arelius, I think.

How do you splel his name?

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I think itā€™s Aurelius. :slight_smile:

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Tanks. Did I get the emperor right?

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Speaking of the Roman Emperorsā€¦

Does anyone remember Nero? Ya know, that guy who burned Rome and blamed it on the rather-peaceful Christians?

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Of course

No no no, they didnā€™t have those in ancient Rome

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well they had Testudo formation

which is sorta like a tank

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Neroā€™s Legacy, as I remember it from history class.

Yep. Thatā€™s basically Nero. He burns a city, endangers lives, and then blames it on the Christians. People say he was stricken with insanity.

Man, so many Roman Emperors with insanity!

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Absolute power corrupts absolutely

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Yesā€¦ Just as with the case of Julius Caesar.

Decided to become a tyrant and his own senators and friends killed him.

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I have memorized the first bunch of emperors from History:

Octavian Augustus
Tiberius
Caligula
Claudius
Nero
Galba
Otho
Vitellius
Vespasian
Titus
Domitian
Nerva
Trajan
Hadrian
Antonius Pius
Marcus Aurelius
Commodus

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I memorized all 44 Presidents of the United States.

I wonā€™t list them, because itā€™ll take way to long to type. :confused:

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I love history. I think Iā€™m most fascinated by the World Wars and the Crusades.

@Helryx08 Donā€™t forget Constantine, who arguably began both the empireā€™s decline and the dominance of Christianity throughout much of history. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Is he next in the order? I thought he came later.

I was just listing the ones I knew in order.