Life in the Roman world of Nero and StPaul . Fig. 121.— of Caecilia Metei^la. mile along the Appian Way. We will assume alsothat Silius is to be cremated, and not simply buriedin a coffin or a marble sarcophagus. Few personsof the higher classes, except certain of the Cornelii,. 443 444 LIFE IN THE ROMAN WORLD chap. are buried at this date, although there is nothing inlaw or custom to prevent the choice. There existsno crematorium, and the Silii are regularly burnedat their own sepulchral allotment beside the Queenof Roads. If you were with the procession on this day youwould find yoursel
Life in the Roman world of Nero and StPaul . Fig. 121.— of Caecilia Metei^la. mile along the Appian Way. We will assume alsothat Silius is to be cremated, and not simply buriedin a coffin or a marble sarcophagus. Few personsof the higher classes, except certain of the Cornelii,. 443 444 LIFE IN THE ROMAN WORLD chap. are buried at this date, although there is nothing inlaw or custom to prevent the choice. There existsno crematorium, and the Silii are regularly burnedat their own sepulchral allotment beside the Queenof Roads. If you were with the procession on this day youwould find yourself before one of an almost continuouschain of monuments, built in all manner of shapesand sizes — such as great altars, small shrines, pyra-mids (like that of Cestius on another road), or roundtowers like the beautiful tomb of Caecilia exterior of these structures is often adorned withcommemorative or symbolic carvings, and the inside,which may be wholly above the surface or partlysunk beneath — is a chamber surrounded by niches,in which are placed the urns containing the ashesof the dead. Perhaps an illustration of the presentstate of the Street of Tombs at Pompeii will affordsome notion, although the sepulchres of that provincialplace by no means matched thos
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