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XEE4161741: First Punic War - Publius Claudius Appius Pulcher (died around 240 BC) before the Battle of Drepanum (249 BC) makes sacred chickens cast into the sea - First Punic War - Battle of Drepana - Publius Claudius Appius Pulcher before the battle of Drepanum throws the sacred chickens into the sea - engraving from “” The man and the bete” by Arthur Mangin - 1872 -, French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images