So Publius, in a fit of sacrilegious rage, launched the chickens into the sea, screaming, ‘If they won’t eat, let them drink,’ and stormed head-first into a catastrophic defeat, losing 93 of his 123 ships. When he eventually limped home, covered in shame, he was prosecuted for ‘activity hostile to the state’. Today’s lesson: don’t fuck with the sacred chickens.
