[Ansteorra] A knighted van?

[John Atkinson]

On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Anthony N. Emmel <lord_kjeran at yahoo.com> wrote:

>  Ah, but yor grace, did not Caligua make a Senator out of his favorite horse?  Seems like a somewhat period thing to do! ;)

He also exiled his mother, executed wealthy subjects without trial in
order to confiscate their assets after his gross mismanagement caused
a fiscal crisis, dedicated temples to himself, prostituted his
sisters, feuded with the Senate, and was eventually assassinated by
his own bodyguards.

Ioannes Dalassenos
-- 
"Thousands of Sarmatians, Thousands of Franks, we've slain them again
and again. We're looking for thousands of Persians."
--Vita Aureliani