On this day in 43, Roman statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero was assassinated under orders of Mark Anthony. He submitted to his captors, and his last words were:
Ego vero consisto. Accede, veterane, et, si hoc saltim potes recte facere, incide cervicem. (I go no further: approach, veteran soldier, and, if you can at least do so much properly, sever this neck.)
