Arria

Arria (d. AD 42) was a Roman matron, who, to encourage her husband in meeting death, to which (suicide) he had been sentenced, thrust a poniard into her own breast, and then handed it to him, saying, "It is not painful," whereupon he followed her example.

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Arriere-pensee, Arris, Arrival, Arriviste, Arrogance