Caligula (person)

Insane or not, Caligula did do some interesting stuff:

• He considered himself a god and demanded all to worship him, even the jewish people who up until then had been allowed religious freedom.
• During his reign two-thirds of all days were holidays, and conducting any business on these days were punishable by death.
• He sometimes wore female clothes in public, often together with a golden beard and a trident.
• While some people thought that he would invade Britain, instead he was only heading for the ocean to attack the god Neptune. He ordered his army to walk into the water knee deep and slash at the waves, and his archers and catapults were ordered to shoot into the water. He then told his troups to collect shells as spoils of war.
• He appointed his favorite horse both a consul of Rome and a priest in his temple.
• He let pearls dissolve in vinegar, after which he drank them.