Fama est, cum rex orbem futuri muri polenta, ut Macedonum mos est, destinasset, avium greges advolasse et polenta esse pastas; cumque id omen pro tristi a plerisque esset acceptum, respondisse vates magnam illam urbem advenarum frequentiam culturam, multisque eam terris alimenta praebituram.
It is reported that when the king had marked out the circuit of the new city with peeled barley, as is the custom of the Macedonians, flocks of birds flew to the spot and ate the barley; and when that was regarded by many as a bad omen, the seers predicted that a great number of new-comers would dwell in that city, and that it would furnish sustenance to many lands.
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