Told you there'd be random facts: Alexander the Great founded a city in honour of his horse Bucephalus when it died of old age after he had ridden it throughout his campaigns.
One of the more ridiculous scandals in Canadian politics was in the early fities, when it was discovered that the administration under Prime Minister Louis St-Laurent had somehow gotten a horse on the government payroll. It did make me think of Caligula. :)
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Date: 2004-05-15 05:47 pm (UTC)It did make me think of Caligula. :)