| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Prior to modern methods of contraception, it was one of the few ways of limiting family size that was both safe for the mother and effective.Based on archaeological finds, the practice appears to have been particularly widespread in the Roman Empire.I think it was tolerated in the Roman world rather than something that was completely acceptable, but it is hard to be sure, lead author Simon Mays
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