CLASSICS 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Columbarium, Cupid, Wet Nurse
13 May 2016
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High mortality rates (adults &children) [50% of children would not only live to adult life, and 50% of them would not live to the age of 10] Causes: poor hygiene (create diseases that move through the bloodstream), dense living spaces, malnutrition, lack of proper medical knowledge. Important ingredients in roman medicine 1) prayer 2) cabbage. They were used in things like drinking games. Roman burial practices: cinerary urns: placed in large, communal tombs known as columbaria (singular = columbarium, sarcophagi (marble, carved with relief scenes) (sarcophagus = stone coffin). Could have been used for ashes and bodies. Sometimes found with multiple individuals: tomb markers: inscribed with epitaphs (it will not say how old they were when they died. , monumental tombs: various forms, built by wealthy individuals, roman emperor. Burial occurred outside of the city walls (with few exceptions) Extramural burial ( outside the walls ) another wall was buildt in 280 ad, this was the second wall.
