The murder of children was common in Ancient Rome
It is said that the Carthaginians sacrificed the children, and it was more common than was thought in ancient times. The Romans also used to kill newborn babies, as evidenced by the traces of the 33 skeletons found a century ago in Hambleden, England. Now they've looked at the DNA of these debris and published the result in the Journal of Archaeological Science: At least in Brittany, the children to be killed were not chosen by gender and, at least, were considered to receive a single child of the family, as DNA is from different mothers.
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