Roman Burials

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Roman Funerals and Burials
Rebecca Walsh
Mind Map by Rebecca Walsh, updated more than 1 year ago
Rebecca Walsh
Created by Rebecca Walsh about 9 years ago
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Roman Burials
  1. Life after death
    1. Spirit went to underworld
      1. Hades
        1. River Styx
          1. Charon
        2. A Coin placed in mouth
        3. Funerals
          1. Noisy affairs
            1. Body placed on a litter
              1. carried by 8 men
              2. Mourners
                1. Musicians
                  1. Torch carriers
                    1. Professional wailers
                2. Funerals to forum
                  1. Speeches
                    1. Stone coffin or cremated
                      1. Early christianity catacombs
                  2. 4th Century - Introduction of Christianity
                    1. Became official religion of Rome
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