bogleech:

celticpyro:

captain-price-official:

tilthat:

TIL that Roman Emperor Augustus witnessed a man attempt to feed a slave to lamprey eels as a punishment for breaking a cup. Augustus freed the slave and had the rest of the man’s cups broken.

via reddit.com

Why did the man have lamprey eels on hand.

Rome was just a fucking free-for-all, huh?

lampreys were, at the time, a food staple and said to be decadently delicious