sexagenarios de ponte

Etymology
When the men of Rome reached the age of sixty, they could no longer vote in the ' and later the ' (the places where the citizens cast vote) and if they tried to enter they would be pushed back from the bridge leading to them. The phrase literally means "sixty-year-olds over the bridge".

Proverb

 * 1) sixty-year-olds over the bridge

Usage notes

 * This expression has often at an early period been erroneously referred to a religious usage or original human sacrifices.