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Caligula and Incitatus, drawing by Jean Victor Adam. Incitatus (Latin pronunciation: [ɪŋkɪˈtaːtʊs]; meaning "swift" or "at full gallop") was the favourite horse of Roman Emperor Caligula (r. 37–41 AD). According to legend, Caligula planned to make the horse a consul, although ancient sources are clear that this did not occur. Supposedly ...
Lucius Cassius Longinus was a Roman senator, who was active during the reigns of Tiberius and Caligula. He was ordinary consul in the year AD 30 with Marcus Vinicius as his colleague. [1] Longinus came from an ancient and noble gens, the Cassii. He is best known as the first husband of the Emperor Caligula's sister Julia Drusilla, whom he ...
A persistent, popular belief that Caligula actually promoted his horse to consul has become "a byword for the promotion of incompetents", especially in political life. [133] It may have been one of Caligula's many oblique, malicious or darkly humorous insults, mostly directed at the senatorial class, but also against himself and his family.
Leaders in Texas continued to debate whether the army was fighting for independence or a return to federalism. [118] On December 22, Texian soldiers stationed at La Bahía issued the Goliad Declaration of Independence. [120] Unwilling to decide the matter themselves, the Council called for another election, for delegates to the Convention of 1836.
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When Tiberius died, Caligula was proclaimed emperor by the senate. Caligula transferred the electoral powers back to the assemblies, but then quickly returned those powers to the senate. [11] In 41 Caligula was assassinated, and for two days following his assassination, the senate debated the merits of restoring the republic. [12]
Nominated consul(s) Replacement consul(s) Reason for failure to take office 4 L. Julius Caesar: Sextus Aelius Catus or Gaius Sentius Saturninus: Nominated consul designate in 2 BC for the year AD 4, but died 2 years before he was due to take office [17] 40 M. Cocceius Nerva None Nominated consul designate for AD 40, but died before taking ...
Texan Iliad – A Military History of the Texas Revolution. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press. ISBN 0-292-73086-1. OCLC 29704011. Huson, Hobart (1974). Captain Phillip Dimmitt's Commandancy of Goliad, 1835–1836: An Episode of the Mexican Federalist War in Texas, Usually Referred to as the Texan Revolution. Austin, TX: Von Boeckmann ...