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I should probably mention that the history does not reflect the person in this case. This is probably the hardest episode I have ever researched or written. I am a father, I am a person and I have feelings... surprisingly. Talking about killing daughters or sons is the hardest thing I have ever had to do. Perhaps that is why this episode is taking so long to produce. So here it is child exposure in ancient Rome.
I want you to know this first episode will be about child exposure, what it is and why it happened. I will mention briefly about how it affected slavery according to different sources but… this episode serves as a memory and condolences to everyone who has lost a loved one before their time. Perhaps you have lost a son or daughter. It is perhaps the greatest pain known to humanity to outlive your child and this episode is dedicated to those lost souls. May you rest in peace.
Today I will teach you why it was done, how it was done and how it perpetuated Roman Slavery. Before you listen to this episode I strongly encourage any parents to find their children and give them a hug. Tell them they are loved and just know that if you lived in Ancient Rome as you look upon the faces of your children that you may have been forced to kill them or leave them to die only to see their faces painted on the face of a slave.
It is important not to issue moral condemnations unthinkingly; instead we should take notice of the dilemmas that ancient parents faced when it seemed necessary to expose an infant child. By all means let us recognize ancient harshness, and patterns of action and thought which to modern morality (not lacking in its own forms of cruelty and heartlessness) are execrable. But in very many cases exposure was the con- sequence of a hard imperative.
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