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Mass suicide

After several victories for the invading armies, the Cimbri and Teutones were then defeated by Gaius Marius in 102 BC at the Battle of Aquae Sextiae (near present-day Aix-en-Provence).


Andrew Morrison

Fr Morrison's first major public episode, in view of the international community at large, was his coverage of the Jim Jones led mass suicide-massacre, which took place in 1978 in Guyana.


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Get Damned

The location, now commonly called Jonestown was the site of a mass suicide in the 1970s which resulted in nearly 1,000 deaths, including hundreds of children.

Jonathan Z. Smith

His research includes the theory of ritual, Hellenistic religions, Māori cults in the 19th century, and the mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana.

Masada: Alef

The album takes its inspiration from the mass suicide of Zealots at Masada in 73 CE, and is dedicated to Asher Ginzberg (1856–1927), the founding father of Cultural Zionism.

Uritorco

In 2012, the mountain was closed on December 21st, as a mass suicide had been proposed on Facebook to take place there due to the 2012 phenomenon.

Wilson Harris

His most recent novels include Jonestown (1996), which tells of the mass-suicide of followers of cult leader Jim Jones, The Dark Jester (2001), his latest semi-autobiographical novel, The Mask of the Beggar (2003), and The Ghost of Memory (2006).