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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).
Philippi, March 19 â Just a few days after Caesarâs death, more deaths have followed. The conspirators, Brutus and Cassius, were both killed. Cassius, because of a misunderstanding, asked his servant to kill him, and Brutus, who committed suicide, believed Caesarâs ghost was telling him it was his time to die.assius, because of a misunderstanding, asked his servant to kill him, and Brutus, who committed suicide, believed Caesarâs ghost was telling him it was his time to die.