Did Caligula really say 'I will make the Senate my footstool.'?

Caligula Quote Source & Citation:

I will make the Senate my footstool.

— Caligula Contemporary · Roman Emperor, made horse a senator

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"I am a god, and I will be worshipped as such."

"I will make them all bow down to me."

"Kill them all, young and old, male and female, all of them!"

"I shall make the consuls my grooms."

"I am above all others, and I shall be worshipped as a god."

Reported by Dio Cassius, 'Roman History'

Date: c. 39-41 AD

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