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The day may also have been when the child received the ''[[bulla (amulet)|bulla]]'', the protective amulet that was put aside when a [[Sexuality in ancient Rome#Rites of passage|boy passed into adulthood]].<ref>Jens-Uwe Krause, "Children in the Roman Family and Beyond," in ''The Oxford Handbook of Social Relations in the Roman World'' (Oxford University Press, 2011), p. 627.</ref> The practice was widespread in the [[Western Roman Empire]] into [[late antiquity]]. This tradition was familiar to Christians as well who seem to have incorporated parts of it into their own lives.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Disabilities and the Disabled in the Roman World: A Social and Cultural History|last=Laes|first=Christian|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2018|isbn=9781107162907|pages=33}}</ref>

 

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