DEATH


 * __Types of elimination of the bod__**

In ancient rome, you were either cremated (burned) or buried ( a process called inhumation). Cremation was common during the last century of the roman republic. Sulla's family had practiced inhumation untill he ordered that his body be cremated. During the first century A.D., cremation was what most people chose between that and burial.During that time, burial was considered a foreign custom. During the time of Hadrian, that had changed and inhumation was now the norm. People call cremation a thing of the pass. Before the time of Hadrian, the common practice in relation to the dead was cremation.When hadrians time came, burial because the usual practice.


 * __Ceremonies for the dead__**

When someone died, they would be washed, then laid out on a couch for 8 days. He or she would be dressed in their finest cloths and if they had earned a crown they would wear that too. A coin would be placed either on their eyes or mouth or under their tongue so they could pay the ferryman, Charon, who would row them to the land of the dead. Death in Rome differentiated greatly between which social class you belonged to. For the wealthy people funerals were over the top and often included a procession or march through the streets, and people who were mourning the loss of the dead would often be passing by the //laudatio// which was where the dead would be standing upright as if they were alive. Most people were buried outside the city limits, and there were lots of burial locations along the via appia (appian way).

__**Funeral for the poor**__

A funeral for the poor was very different than that of the rich. At a poor persons funeral they were just buried or cremated with no lavish procession through the streets. Just like many ancient civilizations or cities, the living buried the dead with gifts and possessions of the dead. There were also some superstitions of the dead, such as the dead being decapitated so that their soul would not haunt the world of the living.

Matthew Saportio-http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/deathafterlife/a/RomanBurial.htm Mac Bassett-http://library.thinkquest.org/26602/ceremonies.htm Grace Carroll-http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/deathafterlife/a/RomanBurial.htm


 * __Repeats__**

At a persons funeral the dead person would be bathed and laid on a couch in their best clothing, they would also have a coin placed on their eye or under their tounge. The purpose of this coin was to pay the ferry man to take them to the land of the dead.

the procession of the people continued to go outside of the city limits to finish with either a burial or cremation of the body.