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In ancient Rome, cutting down a tree could cost you your life
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Ancient Rome had a remarkably specific legal code that included severe punishments for anyone caught casting a spell on a neighbor's crops. If you secretly cut down another farmer's trees at night, the Twelve Tables dictated you could be sacrificed to the goddess Ceres. It reveals how deeply intertwined magic, agriculture, and law were in the ancient world.
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