Sure thing – I’d pick Emperor Caligula’s infamous decision to appoint his horse Incitatus as a consul. The idea of a Roman senator who actually rode a horse around the Senate House is a perfect punchline for a dry lecture turned sketch.

I can already hear the murmurs – “Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new senator, and he’s a bit of a… stable genius.” The horse would trot, tail flicking, and deliver a line like, “My fellow Romans, I have been chosen by the gods for this honor, and I promise to be a galloping good example of… stable leadership.” The crowd would laugh, the senators would shake their heads, and Incitatus would just win the day with a simple, “neigh.”

That’s exactly the sort of absurdity that would turn the Senate into a circus of sorts. Picture the horse, bridle in mouth, bowing as if it’s got a script, then dropping a line about “stable of laws.” The senators would look at each other, one mutters, “Well, I guess we’re finally in a position to get a proper stable.” The room would erupt in laughter, and the horse would just trot off, perhaps pulling a small flag that reads “Equit-ocracy.”

I can see the senators marching in sync, trumpets blaring, and the horse leading the way with a tiny conductor’s baton, the whole thing turning the Senate into a grand spectacle of clumsy pomp.