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Author Toynbee, J. M. C. (Jocelyn M. C.), 1897-1985.

Title Death and burial in the Roman world / [by] J.M.C. Toynbee.

Publication Info. Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press [1971]

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 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  913.37 T66    Check Shelf
Description 336 pages : illustrations, plans. ; 23 cm.
Series Aspects of Greek and Roman life
Aspects of Greek and Roman life.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Etruscan antecedents -- Roman beliefs about the afterlife, cremation and inhumation -- Funerary rites and the cult of the dead -- The layout of cemeteries, and ownership of tombs, walled cemeteries. Funeray gardens -- Selected types of tombs I -- Selected types of tombs II -- Gravestones and tomb furniture.
Subject Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Rome.
Tombs -- Rome.
Rome -- Social life and customs.
Death.
Funeral Rites -- history.
Mortuary Practice -- history.
Other Form: Online version: Toynbee, J. M. C. (Jocelyn M. C.), d. 1985. Death and burial in the Roman world. Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press [1971] (OCoLC)567405798
ISBN 0801405939
9780801405938
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