The Romans saw women and children to be less important than men. The Twelve Tables state that "if a man and woman live together continuously for a year, they are considered to be married; the woman legally is treated as the man's daughter." This shows that the Romans did not think highly of woman and that they were inferior to men. They also said that "a dreadfully deformed child shall be killed." This tells us that they felt as if a child was not normal in any way, he should not live (The Twelve Tables.)
"THE TWELVE TABLES." California State University, Northridge. Web. 05 Mar. 2010. http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/12tables.html>.
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