“The life that thou seekest, thou wilt not find. / When the gods created mankind, / Death they imposed on mankind; / Life they kept in their power.”
The hint
Count the letters as Rome counted.
The cipher
XIII · XV · XVIII · XX · I · XII
— The Epic of Gilgamesh · Old Babylonian · c. 1800 BCE
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