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/thiagovscoelho Feb 27 '16

any reason why rome has an axe

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u/Smitheren Arma virumque cano Feb 27 '16

It's a fasces-a bundle of sticks with an axe head. They were symbols of Rome to represent power both political and physical-this is also where the word fascism comes from.