C., there were many deaths of "leading citizens" and those deaths were not caused by pestilence but rather "by poison" (Bauman, 13)
Women in Ancient Rome -- The Literature has researched and reported on a number of interesting instances of women's positions and activities in ancient Rome. In his book, McKeown quotes from Cicero's work, In Defense of Murena 27): "Our ancestors wanted all women to be under the control of guardians because of their feeble powers of judgment" (McKeown, 2010, p
The stem of infertile wort or bishop's hat, Epimediendum alpinum L. Or Botrychium Lunaria which is a plant that has not with confidence been acknowledged - produces sterility; when the keenly ground leaves of this plant are set to the sum of five drachms in wine after menstruation (E., N
Pregnancies were ended through a number of approaches, and that does include the application of abort made herbs, the handling of extremely sharp tools, the necessity of putting pressure on the abdominal and other methods. During the course of a lot of years people were eager to do whatever they could to make sure fertility did not happen and prevent pregnancies (McLaren, 1990, pg
Lots of these approaches had nothing to do with sexual intercourse or the performance of creating a child and, clearly, had slight if any influence on birth control. Such approaches were dances, charms and certain rites (Riddle, 1992, pg