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Publius Claudius Pulcher (d. ca. 249 BCE), was a Roman general and politician. Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? P. Claudius: Who cares? What, you don’t get it? Well, you see, Claudius was disgraced after he tried to appoint a crony to office in Rome. His political enemies swiftboated him with a story […]