• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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    1 month ago

    I imagine if he was a smart fellow, he would take the opportunity to quietly disappear and start a new life before anyone got the bright idea to cut his throat to make sure.

    Or perhaps it’d be regarded as a good omen. Romans were always fond of odd happenings being interpreted as some omen or another from the gods.

    • GBU_28@lemm.ee
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      I theorized the latter, and the legate would keep him in court, probably with a chicken on his head (due to massive concussion)