Pompey’s Pillar is a Roman triumphal column in Alexandria, Egypt, which at twenty metres in height is one of the largest of its kind. When the British discovered the pillar in 1803, in what unique way did British commander John Shortland mark the occasion?
Answer: He climbed to the top of the column, where he flew a British kite, drank a toast to the king’s health and ate, of all things, a steak.
Source: Convict Nobbys by Noel Davies
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