P. Claudius bello Punico primo, cum proelium navale committere vellet, auspiciaque more maiorum petisset, et pullarius non exire cavea pullos nuntiasset, abici eos in mare iussit, dicens quia esse nolunt, bibant.
In the First Punic War P. Claudius, wanting to join battle at sea, sought the auspices in the traditional fashion. When the keeper of the chickens reported that the chickens did not leave their coop, he ordered them flung into the sea, saying, Since they wont eat, let them drink.
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