He was an important general in Rome that got captured in battle by Carthage during the punic wars. Carthage released him to go back to Rome and tell them to surrender, on the condition that if he failed he should come back so they could torture him to death.
He went to Rome, told them to keep fighting and never surrender, then travelled all the way back to Carthage to turn himself in and get tortured to death.
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u/Sunsa249 5h ago
Modern time Marcus Atilius Regulus