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
Roman emperor he turned down supreme authority in exchange for a collection of various powers and offices, which in itself was a demonstration of his "auctoritas" ("authority"). As holding "princeps senatus", the emperor declared the opening and closure of each Senate session, declared the Senate's agenda, imposed rules and regulation for the Senate to follow, and met with foreign ambassadors in the name of the Senate. Being "pontifex maximus" made the emperor the chief administrator of religious affairs, granting him the power to conduct all religious ceremonies, consecrate temples, control the Roman calendar (adding or removing days as needed), appoint the vestal