When does 160/128 not equal 1.25? No, too easy.

An ancient King killed a man for discovering something useful, because it threatened his 'bank account'. It wasn't rediscovered until the 1800s, and would have been quite useful in the meantime.

Edit: I just noticed it was actually an emperor not a king.

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