Caligula to Appoint His Horse to Highest Office

There are so many interesting things about the Roman Emperor Caligula. He was mad, like many Emperors at that ancient time. The time before pills and lunatic asylums were invented.  He never missed a chance to show how crazy he was. Just one example:

Caligula, not the worst looking.
If you have to learn anything today
learn that if you go insane it always helps to look good.

He loved his horse, Incitatus, and wanted to appoint him a consul, the highest office you can acquire, second to the emperor. He treated his horse very well, he fed it oats with gold flakes in it and kept it in a stable built out of marble. It must have been a site to see or even hear about. The horse had servants and could invite people to dine with him, not that the horse ever did.

After 5 years of power, Caligula was assassinated along with his wife and daughter.