Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Incitatus was the name of Caligula's favored horse. Some have indicated that the horse was attended to by eighteen servants, and was fed oats mixed with gold flake; according to Suetonius, Incitatus had a stable of marble, with an ivory manger, purple blankets and a collar of precious stones. Suetoniusz wrote also that Caligula supposedly wanted to make his horse a Consul. The horse would also "invite" dignitaries to dine with him, and had a house with full complement of servants to entertain such guests. One popular anecdote indicates that Caligula once brought Incitatus into the Roman senate and appointed the animal senator. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.