Emperor Bootikins & His Italian Stallion: How Caligula Earned His Reputation | Odd Salon ABSURD 6/7
Channel: Odd Salon
Date: 22/09/2018

Caligula built at least two “pleasure boats” he used to host some of his famous orgies that Seutonius described as having “ten banks of oars…the poops of which blazed with jewels…filled with ample baths, galleries, and saloons, and supplied with a great variety of vines and fruit trees.” Two of these boats were found when Mussolini partially drained Lake Nemi, which were later destroyed during a battle during WWII. Researchers believe there is yet another, even more absurdly extravagant orgy boat still lurking in the muddy depths of the lake.

Lin Lawhn ~ Emperor Bootikins and His Italian Stallion: How Caligula Earned His Reputation

Odd Salon ABSURD: Stories of the ludicrous and preposterous, the hard to believe tales and the questionable decisions of the ridiculous

Recorded live 9/18/2018 at Public Works, San Francisco, CA

Curated by Isolde Honore
Edit, Camera, Post production: John Adams
Live Editing: Marcus Marchesseault 
Sound: Steen
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