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Subject: Illegitimacy in Rome and Asia Minor
From: "Mara Schiffren" <alcibiades@rcn.com>
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Hi,

Does anyone know how illegitimacy was regarded in the 2nd century AD in Rome
and Asia Minor, outside of Christian communities?  Was it considered
negative, or was it essentially unregarded?

TIA,

Mara Schiffren
.