The Nazis were wrongly accused of torching pleasure boats belonging to Roman emperor Caligula and it was instead the US artillery that destroyed them while shelling the Germans, according to revelations in a new book., who was assassinated in 41AD, was known for his party ships, rumoured to host wild orgies, which were described by one Roman historian as 'blazed with jewels… filled with ample baths, galleries, and saloons, and supplied with a great variety of vines and fruit trees'. 's two boats built on Lake Nemi, around 50 miles south of Rome, were adorned with mosaics and statues.
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