The Christian Conquest of Pagan Rome

The Christian Conquest of Pagan Rome,: Cicero (106-43 BC), writing in the period before Christ, cited the Twelve Tables of Roman Law when he wrote, 'deformed infants should be killed.' Similarly, Seneca (4 BC-AD 39) wrote, 'We drown children who are at birth weakly and abnormal.' . . .

Historical research reveals that infanticide was common throughout India, China, Japan, and the Brazilian jungles as well as among the Eskimos. Dr. James Dennis, writing in the 1890s, showed how infanticide was common in many parts of Africa and was 'well known among the Indians of North and South America.' Suffice it to say, for much of the world and throughout most of its history the culture of death and brutality has been the rule, and a culture of life, love, and mercy has been the exception.