Officially, <answer>human sacrifice</answer> was obnoxious "to the laws of gods and men." The practice was a mark of the "Other", attributed to Rome's traditional enemies such as the Carthaginians and Gauls. Rome banned it on several occasions under extreme penalty. A law passed in 81 BC characterised <answer>human sacrifice</answer> as murder committed for magical purposes. Pliny saw the ending of <answer>human sacrifice</answer> conducted by the druids as a positive consequence of the conquest of Gaul and Britain. Despite an empire-wide ban under Hadrian, <answer>human sacrifice</answer> may have continued covertly in North Africa and elsewhere.
What act did Romans view as obnoxious?
human sacrifice