MYSTERY OF THE FUNERARY RELIEFS OF
... Each individual grave in the tombs was also provided with a stone portrait of the deceased, and their style is a strange and unique amalgam of eastern and western influences. These portraits were used for the graves as cover. Mostly reliefs are expressed only as portrait of a woman or a man but some ...
... Each individual grave in the tombs was also provided with a stone portrait of the deceased, and their style is a strange and unique amalgam of eastern and western influences. These portraits were used for the graves as cover. Mostly reliefs are expressed only as portrait of a woman or a man but some ...
Mors et Inferos - Wakefield School
... many resources, scion of Zeus, son of Laertes some god’s hostile decree was my undoing, and too much wine. I lay down to sleep in Circe’s house, and forgetting the way down by the long ladder fell headlong from the roof. My neck was shattered where it joins the spine: and my ghost descended, to the ...
... many resources, scion of Zeus, son of Laertes some god’s hostile decree was my undoing, and too much wine. I lay down to sleep in Circe’s house, and forgetting the way down by the long ladder fell headlong from the roof. My neck was shattered where it joins the spine: and my ghost descended, to the ...
ART. IV - An Altar to Vulcan from Maryport. THE altar, RIB 846,1 was
... part of the capital could suggest that further damage was suffered during burial. It is likely that some of the other altars were disinterred and reburied in the Roman period.5 Possibly RIB 846 was also reburied, and was broken when originally buried, or when first disinterred.6 In that case, the ba ...
... part of the capital could suggest that further damage was suffered during burial. It is likely that some of the other altars were disinterred and reburied in the Roman period.5 Possibly RIB 846 was also reburied, and was broken when originally buried, or when first disinterred.6 In that case, the ba ...
DEATH AND BURIAL IN ANCIENT ROME
... “When any illustrious person dies, he is carried in procession with the rest of the funeral pomp, to the rostra in the forum; sometimes placed conspicuous in an upright posture; and sometimes, though less frequently, reclined. And while the people are all standing round, his son, if he has left one ...
... “When any illustrious person dies, he is carried in procession with the rest of the funeral pomp, to the rostra in the forum; sometimes placed conspicuous in an upright posture; and sometimes, though less frequently, reclined. And while the people are all standing round, his son, if he has left one ...
Roman funerary art
Roman funerary art changed throughout the course of the Republic and the Empire and comprised many different forms. There were two main burial practices used by the Romans throughout history, one being cremation, another inhumation. The vessels that resulted from these practices include sarcophagi, ash chests, urns, and altars. In addition to these, buildings such as mausoleums and other monuments were also popular forms used to commemorate the dead. The method by which Romans were memorialized was determined by social class, religion, and other factors. While monuments to the dead were constructed within Roman cities, the remains themselves were interred outside the cities. After the end of Etruscan rule, Roman lawmakers became very strict regarding the ethics of laying the dead to rest. A prime issue was the legality and morality of interring the dead within the city limits. It was nearly unanimous at first to move the dead outside of the Pomerium to ensure the separation of their souls from the living, and many politicians remained assertive in enforcing the idea well into the Empire. Cicero reminds his readers of the Law of the Twelve Tables: ""A dead man shall not be buried or burned inside the city."" (De Legibus, 2, 23:58) Three centuries later, Paulus writes in his Sententiae, ""You are not allowed to bring a corpse into the city in case the sacred places in the city are polluted. Whoever acts against these restrictions is punished with unusual severity. You are not allowed to cremate a body within the walls of the city."" (1, 21:2-3) Many Roman towns and provinces had similar rules, often in their charters, such as the Lex Ursonensis. Particularly at the very end of the Republic, exceptions to this principle became more frequent, albeit only for the most powerful leaders. The means used to commemorate the dead served to acknowledge the gods, but also served as means of social expression depicting Roman values and history.