Defixio- Part 2

When I think of Curses I think about Louisiana style voodoo, however this has not always been the case in history. The main area that I will be focusing on in regards to curses is Roman Era curses. These were called Defixio in Latin and were widely used throughout their empire. Defixio when broken down, has the word “fix” in it, which essentially means the curse “fixes” the one it was written to. Typically the curse was written on a stone tablet, however this was not always the case as there have been curse tablets found that were engraved in lead sheets or even in the sides of buildings (talk about vandalism).