Caligula's Horse album "Moments from Ephemeral City" (2011) and follow up EP "Colossus" (2011) were released independently before signing with Welkin Records and releasing their second album "The Tide, the Thief & River's End" (2013). The band then signed with Inside Out Music for the release of their 2015 album "Bloom". The band released their fourth album In Contact on 15 September 2017. In early 2011 Caligula's Horse was formed by Sam Vallen and Jim Grey. The band is named after the prized possession, Incitatus, of Roman Emperor Caligula by Grey, who is studying ancient history and classical languages at university. Initially
Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor Henry V (; 11 August 1081/86 – 23 May 1125) was King of Germany (from 1099 to 1125) and Holy Roman Emperor (from 1111 to 1125), the fourth and last ruler of the Salian dynasty. Henry's reign coincided with the final phase of the great Investiture Controversy, which had pitted pope against emperor. By the settlement of the Concordat of Worms, he surrendered to the demands of the second generation of Gregorian reformers. Henry's parents were Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, and Bertha of Savoy. On 6 January 1099, his father had him crowned King