Roman Gutter Burials and a Non-Existent Line of Pliny May 17, 2015
Author: Beach Combing | in : Ancient, Medieval
In Roman times dead babies and fetuses were not cremated as adults: references in Pliny and in Juvenal confirm this, as do archaeological findings. However, a fifth/sixth century Christian writers named Fulgentius (possibly a North African) has been read to mean that these not fully human humans were buried in suggrundaria: Priori tempore suggrundaria antiqui dicebant sepulchra […]
