I never knew it, but it appears that the tribes living on the Iberian peninsula in ancient times were renowned as great comedians. Sometimes, leaders or generals would receive a cognomen to reflect their awesome ability to joke around and be silly:



But the invading Romans had no respect for the laughter these people were bringing into the world. Their greatest general of the day decided to crush them, in between banging various local senoritas and talking the hind legs off donkeys:



Yes, it's true. The Romans have no sense of humor.