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Roman generals consulted "sacred chickens" before battles—if the birds ate grain eagerly, victory; if not, retreat.
In 249 BC at Drepana, consul Publius Claudius Pulcher ignored the omen, tossed the chickens overboard ("let them drink!"), and suffered a crushing defeat.
Tried for sacrilege and exiled—the chickens won.
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Sources:

Cicero, De Natura Deorum 2.7 (primary account of auspices): https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?...
Suetonius, Tiberius 2.2 (general chicken practice): https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?...
Polybius, Histories 1.49 (Drepana battle context): https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?...
Livy, Periochae 19 (summary of Pulcher's fate)

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