How did it become glorious for commanders to kill themselves in private, in the face of certain defeat? If they were ready to die, would it not be even more honorable to die in combat at the hands of the enemy?
Committing "honorable suicide" allows you to avoid mistreatment and dishonor if you are captured in battle, while also allowing you to avoid the accusation that you were a coward who feared death. That's the point.
>>17810561Nice over simplification, sire.
>>17810561It can't be that hard to die in battle
>>17810884The enemy might want to capture you alive, you can risk it but there is that possibility
