COLLECTION NAME:
Splendore Dell' Antica Roma
Record
Title:
Leaf 127 - Consecratio Sive Indigetatio Imperator Post Obitum
Creator:
Lauro, Giacomo
Description:
The Apotheosis of the Emperor after Death. Funeral practices in Rome varied and both burial and cremation were practiced. It was less expensive to bury certain classes of people--the poor or the very young. Some families and cultures also preferred burial. Cremation was practiced from around 451 BC to a much later date, but it was usually reserved for the wealthy. There were ceremonies for funerals including processions, orations, and memorial festivals for Emperors and other important people.
Description:
The verso of this leaf contains text in three languages with the title in Italian: Consecratione Dell'Imperatore Doppo Morto
Subject:
Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities.
Subject:
Architecture, Roman -- Italy -- Rome.
Subject:
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Rome -- History.
Publisher:
Andrea Fei, Roma, 1625
Date:
1625
Coverage:
Rome (Italy)
Coverage:
Italy
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
28.5 x 21 cm
Format/Medium:
Engravings
Source:
Splendore dell'antica Roma, in Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, Savannah College of Art and Design.
Rights:
Though this item is believed to be in the Public Domain, copyright may have been retained by the authors or creators of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
