en: Apparently, there was such a severe famine that the king of Lydia decided they had to do something crazy. People were suffering. People were fighting. It was an extreme situation, they needed an extreme solution.
de: Angeblich gab es eine solch große Hungersnot, dass der König von Lydien sich zu einer verrückten Idee entschloss. Die Menschen litten. Die Menschen kämpften. Es war eine extreme Situation. Man brauchte eine extreme Lösung.