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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).
d'Epinay, said he, allow me to remind you at this moment, -- which is perhaps not so ill-chosen as at first sight may appear, for obedience to the wishes of the departed is the first offering which should be made at their tomb, -- allow me then to remind you of the wish expressed by Madame de Saint-Meran on her death-bed, that Valentine's wedding might not be deferred.