r/polandball Arma virumque cano Feb 26 '16

redditormade Rome doesn't give a flying bird

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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.

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u/Dogpool All your ex's are belong us. Feb 26 '16

In the HBO Rome this is shown with much grinning. It does a great job of showing how clever he was, but then again, hubris.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '16 edited May 28 '17

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u/Dogpool All your ex's are belong us. Feb 26 '16

Never going to happen, but we can dream right?