Pliny tells us of a certain Hyperborean nation where, by reason of the sweet temperature of the air, lives rarely ended but by the voluntary surrender of the inhabitants, who, being weary of and satiated with living, had the custom, at a very old age, after having made good cheer, to precipitate themselves into the sea from the top of a certain rock, assigned for that service.
Ipar bazterreko erresuma batez aipatzen du Pliniok, airearen aro goxoagatik, biziak ez ohi direla bururatzen biztanleen borondateaz baizik; baina, bizitzaz nekatuak eta aseak izanik, adin luze baten buruan, oturuntza on bat egin eta gero, horretarako duten burkaitz batetik behera beren buruaren itsasora botatzeko ohitura daukatela.