Did Caligula really say 'I wish you were all one head so I could cut it off at a single blow.'?

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I wish you were all one head so I could cut it off at a single blow.

— Caligula Contemporary · Roman Emperor, made horse a senator

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Said to senators

Date: 37-41 AD

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