Pliny the Elder
On Caesar’s Horse
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Pliny the Elder. Miniature in a medieval edition of "Natural History" /Alamy
Julius Caesar’s horse refused to let any other rider mount, and furthermore that he had front hooves similar to human feet, if we take as evidence the horse’s statue set up in from of the temple of Venus Genetrix
Pliny the Elder, Natural History, first century BCE