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Word: aristothanasia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1966-1966
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...guide, he reports that life expectancy among the upper classes was 22-25 years; literary and census data indicate that the number of aristocratic births was remarkably low, "perhaps one-fourth of what would have been necessary to maintain their number." Over a period of generations, "this aristothanasia" wiped out the leaders of thought and culture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toxicology: Lead Among the Romans | 9/23/1966 | See Source »

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