Sarcophagus resting on modern brick pillars. Amid family monuments of the 1st to 3rd centuries AD in the early Roman Empire necropolis or burial ground outside the walls of the Ancient Roman metropolis of Aquileia in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy.
Aquileia, Udine province, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy: sarcophagus resting on modern brick pillars amid family monuments in the early Roman Empire necropolis or burial ground (Sepolcreto) which lay outside the walls of the Ancient Roman metropolis of Aquileia. According to Roman law, it was forbidden to bury or cremate bodies within the town area. For this reason, burial areas were situated alongside roads outside Roman cities and towns. The cemeteries consisted of a series of private areas where various monuments were placed in memory of the dead. The necropolis of the Roman City of Aquileia is composed of five funerary enclosures or enclosed burial plots, belonging to five Aquileian families. Each plot is separated from other plots by a wall. Inside the burial areas were altars surrounded by urns containing the ashes of the dead and other small monuments. These monuments and tombs underneath indicate that the plots were used from the 1st - 3rd centuries AD. Aquileia is an Ancient Roman city at the head of the Adriatic on the Natissa (Natiso) River. It was founded in 181 BC and became one of the largest and wealthiest cities of the early Roman Empire.
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Location: necropolis, Sepolcreto, Aquileia, Udine province, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
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