More than 2300 years ago, a man named Kalanos poured fuel over his body, stood voluntarily upon a pyre, and set himself aflame. The last words he spoke to his grief-stricken companion were, "We shall meet in Babylon." In conclusion, rumours of Alexander the Great's death may have been exaggerated.

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