TIL Thrasyllus of Mendes commented on Caligula saying he had "no more chance of becoming emperor than of riding a horse across the Bay of Baiae". After he became emperor, Caligula constructed a temporary bridge across the Baiea using ships as pontoons and rode his horse across.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula#Construction



Submitted March 30, 2015 at 05:41PM by Secret_Pedophile http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/30sroh/til_thrasyllus_of_mendes_commented_on_caligula/