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Caligula's tomb found


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The lost tomb of Caligula has been found, according to Italian police, after the arrest of a man trying to smuggle abroad a statue of the notorious Roman emperor recovered from the site. After reportedly sleeping with his sisters, killing for pleasure and seeking to appoint his horse a consul during his rule from AD37 to 41, Caligula was described by contemporaries as insane. With many of Caligula's monuments destroyed after he was killed by his Praetorian guard at 28, archaeologists are eager to excavate for his remains....

 

read full article at The Guardian

 

 

however, Mary Beard says NO

 

cheers

viggen

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Mary Beard (a very well respected historian - by me, at least) makes some very convincing points.

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