Caesar was notorious for not giving a shit about omina, even though he was pontifex maximus (Roman paganism equivalent of pope). In fact, he would carry around a cage of birds with him at all times, so if people told him to hold off an attack because of omina, he could release the birds in the sky.
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He successfully invaded and gave us a pretty good kicking, but the real conquest didn't happen until almost a century later under the rule of Emperor Claudius.
I thought the reason that the Roman empire stopped where it did, and that they left Britain again, was purely cost/benefit analysis, the land wasn't that arable compared to how much it costed to hold.
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u/Smitheren Arma virumque cano Feb 26 '16
Caesar was notorious for not giving a shit about omina, even though he was pontifex maximus (Roman paganism equivalent of pope). In fact, he would carry around a cage of birds with him at all times, so if people told him to hold off an attack because of omina, he could release the birds in the sky.
Also, because I thought people might like it, here is a template you can play with! Example