ROMANS

753 B.C. - 476 A.D.

 

EARLY BURIAL RESTRICTIONS

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  1. Embalming was done to preserve the body only for the time it was to lie in state

  2. Great roads outside of the city were lined with elaborate tombs

  3. Columbarium. Vigna Codini

Burial within the walls of the city was prohibited for sanitation reasons.