| A | B |
|---|
| how many days of mourning? | 9 |
| graves found where? | along side of roads |
| Via Appia had.. | the oldest most aristocratic families |
| exectuted criminals... | were not buried |
| ceremonial burials consisted of... | 3 handfuls of dust over the body |
| who had a unique pyramid-shaped tomb? | Gaius Cestius |
| who had a tumulus tomb on the Tiber? | Augustus |
| Who wanted his body to be burned so it couldn't be dishonored by enemies? | Sulla |
| festivals related to the dead... | Parentalia, Violaria, Rosaria, & Lemuria |
| what was hung on the door to indicate a death? | cypress or pine wreaths |
| cenotaphium | empty tomb erected in honor (usu. for one lost at sea) |
| cepotaphium | tomb surrounded by grounds of some extent |
| ustrina | place for burning corpses |
| sepulchrum | most important room of a tomb |
| columbarium | vault w/ miches for urns to hold ashes of the dead |
| nidus | niche for a cinerary urn |
| gradi | horizontal rows of niches |
| ordines | vertical rows of niches |
| aedicula | group of 4-6 niches, marked off by wall decor |
| olla | a cinerary urn |
| sarcophagus | stone coffin; placed atop a podium |
| bustum | grave in which the body was burned and buried in place |
| Potter's Field | the puticuli on the Esquiline Hill; (where the poor were buried) (later became gardens of Maecenas) |
| funus acerbum | a simple and quiet funeral for a child |
| iustae funebria | funeral rights |
| curatores | board of trustees for a burial |
| designator / libitinarius / vespillo | professional undertaker |
| os resectum | the ceremonial bone; (usu. a finger buried after a cremation) |
| lectus funebris | couch that the corpse was carried on in procession |
| rogus | funeral pyre |
| silicernium | funeral feast |
| epicedium | written to lament the dead |
| conclamatio | formal act of declaring a relative dead |
| death declared by oldest son saying... | "Conclamatum est!" |
| sacrificium novendiale | sacrifice after a burial/cremation; held 9 days afterward |
| cena novendialis | dinner held 9 days after a burial/cremation |
| laudatio funebris | funeral oration |
