Deaths
- August 2
- Lucius Aemilius Paullus, Roman consul and general (killed in the Battle of Cannae)
- Gnaeus Servilius Geminus, Roman consul 217 BC (killed in the Battle of Cannae)
- Marcus Minucius Rufus, Roman consul 221 BC, Master of the Horse 217 BC (killed in the Battle of Cannae)
- After August 2 – Gelo, son of Hiero II
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“On almost the incendiary eve
Of deaths and entrances ...”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
“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.”
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“I sang of death but had I known
The many deaths one must have died
Before he came to meet his own!”
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