For everyone who knows that Livia is the Magnificent Bastard of the series (which is made clear from the first episode, so no spoiler there), the highest probability mass goes to the hypothesis that was lying about having spoken to an augur or about what he told her, and that she wanted Augustus to question her and only feigned to resist. And “everyone who knows” at this stage probably includes Fabius, and every other character but Augustus.
So the leader of the relevant transhumanly intelligent entities is on the side of the Magnificent Bastard? If I was Augustus I’d seriously consider being nice to the Jews and asking YHWH for guidance.
(Rationality: it works even better in magical universes! (Like, ahem, the one we’re in.))
For everyone who knows that Livia is the Magnificent Bastard of the series (which is made clear from the first episode, so no spoiler there), the highest probability mass goes to the hypothesis that was lying about having spoken to an augur or about what he told her, and that she wanted Augustus to question her and only feigned to resist. And “everyone who knows” at this stage probably includes Fabius, and every other character but Augustus.
So the leader of the relevant transhumanly intelligent entities is on the side of the Magnificent Bastard? If I was Augustus I’d seriously consider being nice to the Jews and asking YHWH for guidance.
(Rationality: it works even better in magical universes! (Like, ahem, the one we’re in.))
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