Roman Tombs

 

Death and Burial

  • Funerals
  • Tombs
  • Catacombs
  • Burial Societies
  • Medicine

     

     

    This page created by Conna Oram.

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    RESOURCES

  • Death and the Romans, University of Wales Lampeter.
    http://www.lamp.ac.uk/~noy/death5.htm
    Extensive bibliography, photos of tombs, links to other sources (many in Italian), selections from Roman sources and inscriptions translated into English.

  • Bates College History Course
    http://abacus.bates.edu/~mimber/Rciv/tombs.htm
    General introduction to Roman funeral customs with links.

  • Associated Colleges of the South Archaeology Project
    http://www.colleges.org/~turkey/projects/speegle/
    cremation.html
    http://www.colleges.org/~turkey/projects/speegle/death.html
    Overview of Roman death and burial with photos.

  • Roman Tombs, on Bill Thayer's "Lacus Curtius".
    http://www.ku.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/E
    /Gazetteer/Periods/Roman/Topics/Funerary/home.html
    Searchable bibliography of links, photos of selected tombs.

  • University of Michigan Undergraduate Project, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology at the University of Michigan
    http://www.umich.edu/~kelseydb/Exhibits/Death_on_Display/
    Cremation_Group/index.html
    Virtual exhibit based on three fictitious Roman grave groups, created from ancient artifacts in the Kelsey Museum.

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    EXERCISES

  • Tomb Vocabulary
    Learn the important Latin terms describing funerals and tombs

  • Tomb Crossword
    A fun crossword puzzle with English and Latin terms involving death.

    • A resource for students and teachers, created at the Austin College Summer Institute for Foreign Languages, funded by the Sid W. Richardson Foundation of Ft. Worth, Texas. This material may be used for educational purposes but may not be sold (©2002). For information and inquiries, please contact Prof. Robert W. Cape, Jr. (rcape@austincollege.edu).