Incitatus
Incitatus was the name of
Caligula's favored horse. Some have indicated that the horse was attended to by eighteen servants, and was fed oats mixed with gold flake; according to
Suetonius, Incitatus had a stable of marble, with an ivory manger, purple blankets and a collar of precious stones. Suetoniusz wrote also that Caligula supposedly wanted to make his horse a
Consul.
The horse would also "invite" dignitaries to dine with him, and had a house with full complement of servants to entertain such guests.
One popular anecdote indicates that Caligula once brought Incitatus into the Roman senate and appointed the animal senator.