the roman funeral Flashcards
to perform funeral rites
iūsta facere
a burial societiy
collēgium funeraticium/salūtārium/iuvenum
honorary member of a society
patrōnus/-a
funeral for small children
fūnus acerbum
funeral with no ceremony
fūnus acerbum
plebeian funeral
fūnus plēbēium
funeral with no public parade
fūnus plēbēium
25 foot deep grave pits
puticuli
where were puticuli
esquiline
boundary line for city of Roman within which no one could be buried
pōmērium
empty tomb
cenotaphium
room inclosed in a building for burying the dead
sepulc(h)rum
a family tomb that had many inside
columbārium
trustees who erected the columbārium
cūrātōrēs
shares of family for paying for a columbārium
sortēs virīlēs
niches on the walls of the columbārium where the
urns were kept
columbāria
rows of niches
gradūs
columns of niches
ōrdinēs
marble above the nich with the name of the dead
titulus
a sarcophagus on a podium for dead bodies
sarcophagus
garden tomb
cēpotaphium
storehouse or granary
horreum