Columna Lactaria
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columna-lactaria-269-6215537
title:
Columna Lactaria
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The Columna Lactaria was a landmark in ancient Rome in the Forum Holitorium, or produce market. The Roman grammarian Festus says it was so called "because they would bring babies there to be fed with milk." It seems to have been a public charity where poor parents could obtain milk for their infants, or a central site for locating and hiring wet nurses. It has also been interpreted as a sanctioned site of child abandonment, where parents unable or unwilling to care for newborns could leave the c
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Landmark in ancient Rome
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columna_Lactaria
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2023-11-05T00:19:23Z
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