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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“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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Of deaths and entrances ...”
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“This is the 184th Demonstration.
...
What we do is not beautiful
hurts no one makes no one desperate
we do not break the panes of safety glass
stretching between people on the street
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