CAS CL 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Infant Mortality, Evil Eye, Childbirth
7 Dec 2016
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The familia and the lives of the children. Women weren"t able to conceive until years laters; at 12 they were expected to start producing children. They had to do it so quickly because infant mortality rate was so high. 35% of romans died in first year of life. Romans had ways of trying to make labor less difficult, painful, and dangerous. Bulla - charm that boys wore to keep away evil eye, and to signify that he was free. If you had doubts about who the father was. Seemed like an intruder to the family property. Major protests came from jewish and christians in the empire. Only wealthy boys are children in ancient world. If you were a girl or from the lower class, the responsibilities you have to bear are inconsistent with the idea of what a child is. Responsibilities put on young wealthy girls is what we associate with being adult.
