The Romans looked down upon women and children. If a child was deformed in any way, they would be killed, as it states in Table IV. Children were not beloved for who they were and for what they had to offer to the world.
Female were also treated unfairly. Females needed to be in constant company of a guardian, even when they had reached a mature age. Women were not allowed to cry during a funeral or shout "Alas!" Women were treated as a man's daughter after living together and becoming married. We know that today this is not the case and men and women are looked at, for the most part, as equal individuals. It is evident to see that women were not very highly thought of and had limits on their rights.
Flickr. Web. 5 Mar. 2010. <http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/12tables.html>.
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