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Ancient Roman sarcophagi were the often richly-carved sarcophagi used for inhumation of the dead by the ancient Romans. In Rome the use of sarcophagi had only a few precedents in the Republican era (when cremation was more widespread) and mainly spread from the early 2nd century, when cremation was abandoned in favour of burial as the majority burial practice.
History
edit1st and 2nd centuries
editSpread in the 2nd century
editVelletri
edit3rd century
editHunting scenes
editEra of the tetrarchs
editChristian
editThe Severi to the Tetrachs
editThe Tetrarchs to Constantine
editConstantine
edit360 to late 4th century
editRavenna
editBibliography
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