Customs: Roman Funerals Flashcards
1
Q
funus acerbum
A
“bitter funeral”; a funeral for the death of a small child
2
Q
puticuli
A
mass grave pits on the Esquiline hill
3
Q
pomerium
A
boundary line of a city within which no one could be buried
4
Q
cenotaphium
A
empty tomb
5
Q
sepulchrum
A
room inclosed in a building for burying the dead
6
Q
columbarium
A
family tomb
7
Q
rogus/bustum
A
funeral pyre
8
Q
ustrina
A
places for burning bodies/where ashes were collected and dried
9
Q
olla
A
urn/jar
10
Q
conclamatio
A
oration given by the oldest son of the deceased
11
Q
lectus funebris
A
death bed
12
Q
designator
A
undertaker (like libitinarius)
13
Q
libitinarius
A
undertaker (like designator)
14
Q
neniae
A
funeral songs/poems
15
Q
praeficiae
A
hired mourners
