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Battle of Drepana

  • ... that the Battle of Drepana was ill-omened for the Romans because their Sacred Chickens refused to eat? Source: Miles, Richard (2011). Carthage Must be Destroyed. New York: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-141-01809-6. Page 191; Lazenby, John Francis (1996). The First Punic War: A Military History. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-2674-0. Page 134.

Improved to Good Article status by Gog the Mild (talk). Self-nominated at 18:42, 12 February 2020 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg new enough, long enough, neutrally worded, well cited, and no copyvios (obviously, it's a GA!). Hook is short, neutral (although it could be interpreted as promoting Chick-fil-A...), and very interesting. QPQ done, no image. Well done! L293D ( • ) 20:26, 14 February 2020 (UTC)