Did Caligula really say 'I am nursing a viper for the Roman people.'?

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I am nursing a viper for the Roman people.

— Caligula Contemporary · Roman Emperor, made horse a senator

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Speaking about his horse Incitatus, whom he allegedly planned to make consul

Date: 37-41 AD

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