Highlight- Ancient Romans Flashcards
What period were catacombs originated
Ancient Romans Time
Why was burial within the walls of the city prohibited?
Sanitary Reasons
The goddess of corpses and funerals also where deaths were registered
Libitina
the Roman equivalent of the head undertaker
libitinarius
or crier, who was a special functionary who summoned participants to the funeral
Praeco
People who performed numbers functions
funeral functionaries
When were upper class funerals
during the day
when were lower class funerals
at night
Who made it a law that all persons would be afforded a decent burial
First Christian Emperor Constantine
what is the animistic view?
doctrine that held the soul of man (although separated from body) hovered around the place of burial for its continued peace and happiness and required constant attention from descendants in the form of offerings of food and drink.
What happened when the animistic view stopped receiving offerings?
romans thought that the soul would cease to be happy and might even become a spirit of evil to bring harm upon those who had neglected the proper rites
What form of disposition did the romans practice?
both cremation and earth burial.
explain cremation during roman time
normal practice during period of republic and the first century after christ, however fire burial was replaced by inhumation(burial).
poor slave corpses were laid where?
in the commune sepulchral, the common burial pit, outside the walls.
Where were rich corpses laid and how were they laid out?
great roads outside were lined with elaborate and costly tombs erected by the well-to-do.
