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What did Caligula reportedly plan to make his horse?
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What instrument did Nero play on stage?
Answer: Lyre
Why: The fiddle in the legend of Nero playing as Rome burned is an anachronism: violins first appeared in 16th-century Italy.
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Which Olympic race did Nero win without finishing it?
Answer: Chariot race
Why: Nero drove a ten-horse team, though Olympic chariots were normally pulled by two or four horses.
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Who was Marcus Aurelius's horseback statue mistaken for?
Answer: Constantine
Why: Taken for the Christian emperor Constantine, it escaped the melting pot that claimed more than 20 other bronze riders.
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What does the nickname Caligula mean?
Answer: Little boot
Why: Caligae were soldiers' hobnailed boots, and young Gaius grew up in army camps dressed in a tiny soldier's outfit.
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Which emperor began Rome's conquest of Britain?
Answer: Claudius
Why: He joined the campaign in person after the first battles but stayed in Britain for only 16 days.
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Where was Constantine proclaimed emperor in AD 306?
Answer: York
Why: His father, the emperor Constantius I, had just died at York, and the troops there hailed the son as his successor.
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