Apparently a 16 year old made up the joke and it was published in Punch in 1844. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peccavi https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peccav

Apparently a 16 year old made up the joke and it was published in Punch in 1844. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peccavi https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peccavi For those who don’t get it, peccavi is Latin for “I have sinned” and it’s a pun as Napier conquered/captured the Indian province Sindh.