@izzythepush,
Quote:I've never claimed to be a historian.
Then leave history to those who do...
Quote:It's quite obvious you're not one though.
What you consider obvious is of no concern to me .
Quote:According to Pliny the Elder, human sacrifice was formally banned during the consulship of Publius Licinius Crassus and Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus in 97 BCE, although by this time it was so rare that the decree was largely symbolic.
Didnt we just agree you were no historian ? Yet you come back with an argument based on your knowledge of history ....you should read your posts....I do....not sure why though....
Being an historian like you are not, you know Pliny was talking about open air sacrifices at temples . Generals continued to sacrifice slaves in the open air before a battle . What stopped that practice was a decline in a belief in the gods . The Games continued to be dedicated to the gods along with the lives lost . Public executions continued to be dedicated to the gods . Masters still had the power of life and death over slaves for many years to come which included sacrificing them if they wanted .
Children could be abandoned in the "wild" as a way of sacrificing their life by giving back to the gods . A sort of "thank you, but we dont like this one...can we try something different ?"
Did you know bull fighting was formally banned in Spain in the Middle Ages ? It never even slowed down .
But we are in agreement . You are NOT an historian .