Deaths
- October 3 – Gaius Cassius Longinus, assassin of Julius Caesar (suicide) (b. bef. 85 BC)
- October 23 – Marcus Junius Brutus, protégé and assassin of Julius Caesar (suicide) (b. 85 BC)
- Marcus Livius Drusus, Roman nobleman and supportor of Brutus (suicide)
- After October 23 – Porcia Catonis, wife of Brutus (suicide) (approximate date) (b. c. 70 BC)
- Gaius Antonius, brother of Mark Antony
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Famous quotes containing the word deaths:
“Death is too much for men to bear, whereas women, who are practiced in bearing the deaths of men before their own and who are also practiced in bearing life, take death almost in stride. They go to meet death—that is, they attempt suicide—twice as often as men, though men are more “successful” because they use surer weapons, like guns.”
—Roger Rosenblatt (b. 1940)
“On almost the incendiary eve
Of deaths and entrances ...”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
“There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this the soldier’s sense of shame for having fought in actions that resulted, indirectly or directly, in the deaths of civilians. Then pile on top of that an attitude of social opprobrium, an attitude that made the fighting man feel personally morally responsible for the war, and you get your proverbial walking time bomb.”
—Philip Caputo (b. 1941)