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By the time of the famed Roman senator and historian Tacitus (AD 56 to ca. 117), the vow of âdeath before dishonorâ had become âold-fashionedâ and something espoused by the barbari or barbarians such as Caratacus (chief of the British, who revolted against Rome).
You might've heard the antithetical phrase 'To err is Human; to Forgive, Divine' cited in a number of ethical situations, but you might be surprised to discover its original context. Alexander Pope first included this example of antithesis in 1711 in his An Essay on Criticism, a poetic treatise on critiquing literature.