Roman laws (Twelve tables from 449 BC) explicitly granted the right to infanticide - as the link states, it was banned only in 4th century (at the split of the

Roman laws (Twelve tables from 449 BC) explicitly granted the right to infanticide - as the link states, it was banned only in 4th century (at the split of the Rome, and near the end of Western Roman Empire) but was allowed throughout all the 800+ years of the iconic "Ancient Rome".