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Roman Life - Burial Places and Funeral Ceremonies

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empty tomb for if a body was lost as sea or otherwise unrecovered
cenotaphium
graves for the pauper class on the Esquiline Hill
puticuli
private burial plots
ustrina
___ features tablets of the Res Gestae
Mausoleum of Augustus
records of Augustus' accomplishments
Res Gestae
underground chambers which stored funeral urns (resembled a dovecote)
columbaria
undertaker
libitinarius/designator
associations for meeting burial expenses of its members
collegia funeraticia
process by which the eldest son bent over body of deceased father calling him by name, to recall to life
conclamatio
funeral oration
laudatio
funeral couch in atrium on which dead body was placed
lectus funebris
funeral pyre
rogus
grave in which a body was burned
bustum
funeral for young children
funus acerbum
funeral for plebians
funus plebeians
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