Disabled People in the B.C. Era and How They are Treated

Disabled People in The B.C. Era
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Disabled People in The B.C. Era
The treatment of people with disabilities in ancient times varied significantly depending on the culture and society. Generally, however, individuals with disabilities were treated poorly and, in many cases, were killed, abandoned, or shunned.
Figure SEQ Figure \* ARABIC 1: A Terracotta figurine from Biotia depicting a woman feeding a nude male infant. She holds a rag in her left hand. Early 5th century BC. | Longchamps- Musee d'art et d'histoire, Ville de Geneve
In ancient Greece, for example, the belief that the body and soul were one entity meant that any physical disability was considered a sign of a blemished soul. For this reason, infanticide was often practiced, with disabled infants killed for both eugenic and economic reasons. In ancient Rome, disabled infants were also often killed or abandoned, but those who survived were sometimes kept as court jesters or enslaved for the amusement of wealthy Romans (Marini, 2020).
Figure SEQ Figure \* ARABIC 2: Infants viewed as unwo...