Perhaps some men thought having a woman shave them was a simple matter. All he had to do was make the request, and she would serve him.
He could certainly try it. Razors were sharp enough to slit a throat, especially after Napoleon had survived so many assassination attempts. Yet he actually dared to let an Englishwoman shave him.
Around his neck hung a small black pouch containing poison. It was said that when Condorcet knew he was certain to die, he swallowed mandrake beforehand. It allowed one to die peacefully in sleep, so he was not ultimately sent to the guillotine in Place de la Concorde for public execution.
Socrates drank hemlock, which worked slowly and required him to get out of bed and move around for the poison to spread through his body. The Turks chose to swallow opium, just as Napoleon had made those soldiers do in Egypt.
The best way to deal with a tyrant was a sword through the chest, just as Lucien had declared before everyone during the Coup of 18 Brumaire.
After the Twelve Tables were promulgated, there was a woman named Virginia. She was the daughter of Lucius Verginius, commander of a Roman centuria. Claudius, leader of the decemvirs, took a liking to her, but she already had a fiancé. While her father and fiancé were away fighting, Claudius incited his client to spread word through the city that Virginia was descended from a female slave, then tried to seize her by force when she appeared in the square. Virginia's cries drew a crowd, and those who knew her father and fiancé, or had heard of them, stepped forward of their own accord to protect the girl.
Claudius and his client had no choice but to take Virginia to court and demand