Seventh grade Latin Stage Seven Life After Death Quiz

They were located outside the town by the sides of the road near the Nucrian Gate and the Herculanium Gate.

Some tombs were grand and impressive and looked like small house while others were plain and simple.

The burning of the deceased

The burial of the dead

Cremation because it cost less

Romans buried them on the sides of roads because they believed that unless they provided the deceased with good homes, the dead would haunt them, and they believed the deceased would want company

A person might have tools, jewelry, or toys buried with them to keep them occupied and happy in the Underworld

Food and drink were given as sacrifices to the dead.

Blood

A vessel used to preserve the ashes of the dead.

The Romans decorated the tombs with flower garlands and gardens

Eternal paradise

Eternal punishment

Tityus had his liver pecked out by vultures, and the daughters of Danaus had to carry pots of water with holes in them forever

Epicurus was a Greek philosopher that believed that when a man died, the breath that gave him life dissolved and was forever lost.

a poem on a grave stone commemorating the deceased

A historic burial ground

A stone coffin

A sepuchral monument in memory of the deceased

A slab or pillar acting as a monument

A sepulchral vault with indentations for the deceased's ashes.

A stately and magnificent tomb

An artificial mound over a grave

An underground cemetary

A tomb (or lasso)

A compartment in an alter where relics are kept.