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The New International Encyclopædia/Caligula, Bridge of

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CALIGULA, Bridge of. A so-called bridge prepared by Caligula to facilitate his passage from his palace on the Palatine Hills to the Temple of Jupiter on the Capitol. In reality, the ‘bridge’ consisted of wooden passageways leading across the streets, from roof to roof of intervening buildings.