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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).
Read more from Slate's Geezers Issue. The 25 greatest songs about aging and mortality. Hope I die before I get old, sang 21-year-old Roger Daltrey in 1965âand 43 years later, he's still singing it. Rock 'n' roll has always been invested in a Byronic cult of blazing youth and beautiful corpses.