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Vatican City’s Necropolis Shows How Roman Non-Elites Lived and Died

5 February, 2021 - 13:55 Nathan Falde

Vatican City’s Necropolis Shows How Roman Non-Elites Lived and Died

Beneath Vatican City, excavations of a Roman era necropolis have revealed fascinating details about Roman burial rituals and funerary practices from the first through to the early fourth centuries AD...