NRCE Roman Funerals

iūsta facere – to perform funeral rites

collēgium funeraticium – a burial societiy o patrōnus/-a – honorary member of a society

fūnus acerbum – “bitter funeral” – involved no ceremony and was for the death of small children

fūnus plēbēium – plebeian funeral that had no public parade

puticulī – 25 foot deep grave pits on the Esquiline hill

pōmērium – boundary line for city of Roman within which no one could be buried cenotaphium – empty tomb  sepulc(h)rum – room inclosed in a building for burying the dead columbārium – “dove cote/pigeon house” – a family tomb that had many inside o urns were kept in niches on the walls of the columbārium o gradūs – rows of niches o ōrdinēs – columns of niches o titulus – marble above the nich with the name of the dead  sarcophagus – a sarcophagus on a podium for dead bodies  cēpotaphium – garden tomb  būstum/rogus – funeral pyre  ūstrīna – places for burning bodies and where ashes were collected and dried  olla – urn or jar  ossuārium – jar to put bones in  conclāmātiō – formal oration given by the oldest son of the deceased  lectus fūnebris – “death bed” – all of the deceased’s insignia worn by him while alive were placed on this couch  dēsignātor/libitīnārius – undertaker  “Ollus Quiris lētō dātus…” – said before a funeral procession by a public crier  imāginēs were taken from alae and given to actors  laudātiō – funeral oration given in the forum by a public authority  nēniae/naeniae – funeral songs or poems o sung by female relatives or hired female mourners (praeficiae)  os resectum – ceremonial bone that was buried if the rest of the body was cremated  cēna novendiālis – feast held after nine days of mourning