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Caligula was Rome’s most tyrannical emperor. His reign from 37-41 AD is filled with murder and debauchery, to levels even his infamous nephew Nero could not reach.
Caligula, Roman emperor from 37 to 41 CE, who succeeded Tiberius and transferred the last legion under a senatorial proconsul to an imperial legate, completing the emperor’s monopoly of army command. Accounts of his reign by ancient historians are so biased against him that the truth is nearly impossible to discern.
The red, green and white mosaic was recovered from Lake Nemi, Italy, in 1929
It was made around 37–40AD for the bridge of one of Caligula s floating palaces
The boats were torched in WWII, but the mosaic survived until vanishing in 1955
A chance identification led to it being found in the home of a Manhattan couple
Mrs and Mr Fioratti said they bought it in good faith before taking it to the US
After being seized in 2017, the mosaic table is now on display back at Lake Nemi