Did a Roman emperor really order his soldiers to collect seashells as trophies of victory?
Around AD 40, Emperor Caligula led Roman forces toward the coast facing Britain. According to the ancient historian Suetonius, Caligula ordered his soldiers to gather seashells and treated them as spoils from the ocean.
But historians continue to debate what actually happened and whether the ancient account accurately describes the event.
Explore one of the strangest stories recorded about ancient Rome.
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