Eschenburg, J[ohann] J[oachim], 1743-1820. [from old catalog], Fiske, Nathan Welby, 1798-1847, [from old catalog] ed. and tr · Philadelphia, E. C. Biddle · leaf 344
coffin, when the body was buriedin the earth ; and when the body was burned an inscription was placed on the urn con-taining the bones ; the inscription usually began, as on the urns preserved in the BritishMuseum, with the letters D. M. or D. M. S., i. e. Diis Manibus Sacrum.—Monumentsnot on the… … P. III. DOMESTIC AFFAIRS. TOMBS. 303 the Campus Martius or Campus Esquilinus, for great men, on whom the honor of sucha burial-place was conferred by vote of the senate. Those for the poor were withoutthe Esquiline gate, and called puticulce. The private burial-places were usually ingardens or…
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