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Bottom of a Roman pot, inscribed with "Gaius the Fish-Eater" and a doodle of an otter, found in a wreck off the coast of Ireland, 2nd century AD (lemmy.world)
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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

Gaius: “You fall asleep holding one half-eaten fish and you’re branded for life.”

[–] smee@poeng.link 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So is Gaius the otter? It would certainly explain the moniker "the fish-eater".

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yep! Presumably some bored Roman doodling and naming a little otter friend

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 4 points 9 months ago

That's a weird otter.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Gaius the Fish-eater brand pottery, proven more durable than the competition!

[–] RIPandTERROR@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago