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Caligula's ghost in the Lamian Gardens

Suetonius (Caligula 59) says that after the emperor's murder in AD 41 his half-burned body was buried in the Lamian Gardens, where caretakers were troubled by apparitions until his sisters reburied him properly.

41 CE · 41.89, 12.51 · status: legend

The sceptical view

Recorded about 80 years later; a typical tale of the restless unburied dead.

Sources

  1. Suetonius, Caligula (LacusCurtius)
  2. Wikipedia: Horti Lamiani
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