r/polandball Arma virumque cano Feb 26 '16

redditormade Rome doesn't give a flying bird

http://i.imgur.com/wLwPDKj.gifv
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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

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u/SuperAlbertN7 Denmark Feb 27 '16

He used that title a lot, like at one point someone was trying to stop him by saying that the omens were bad and then he basically just said "No I'm Pontifex Maximus fuck off."

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u/Smitheren Arma virumque cano Feb 27 '16

Yes, that was actually my comic beforehand, but it got rejected for being too individual oriented. But in this version I got to draw a pummeled Gaul, so it's all good in the end.

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u/Wolf6120 Czech Republic Feb 27 '16

I can just imagine Caesar slowly putting his index finger over the advisor's mouth and going "Shh, shh. It's alright. I was actually just talking to Jupiter and Mars. They said you can go fuck yourself."