“Anyone who annoys another by means of magic incantations or diabolical arts and renders him inactive or ill, or who prepares or administers poison to him, is guilty of a capital crime and shall be punished with death.”
—Law of the Twelve Tables, c. 450 BC

“Anyone who annoys another by means of magic incantations or diabolical arts and renders him inactive or ill, or who prepares or administers poison to him, is guilty of a capital crime and shall be punished with death.”

Law of the Twelve Tables, c. 450 BC