Donald Trump has 'fascinating parallels' with Caligula, says historian

Tom Holland tells Hay festival the notorious Roman emperor was a conscious populist like the US presidential candidate

He has not yet made a horse his running mate, but Donald Trump can be compared to one of the most notorious of all Roman emperors, Caligula, according to best-selling historian Tom Holland.

Holland told the Hay festival there were “fascinating parallels” between the actions and success of Trump and what was going on in Rome 2,000 years ago.

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