Roman children

[M. Demetrius]

For us, these practices are sickening, terrible, criminal, etc. To them, they were just normal, and the way things were. It's often quite a strange thing for one culture to examine another, and do so through a predictably biased lens. I'm not advocating any of these practices, (or those of some modern cultures--which are not much better than what the Romans did--nor will I list examples of modern atrocious behavior by some groups). I'm just saying we should try to be neutral, and examine what they did in light of their worldview.