Episode 238 Roman Death Rituals broken down for Wordbuilders

Today's Topic – So let's go really deep into death rites and rituals, let's go to ancient Rome

The ancient Roman's have always interested me, so I choose the first look at a specific culture's death rite would be that of Rome. So Join Michael and me today as we look at a real-world cultures death rite for fantasy worldbuilding inspiration.

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How to use this episode
Why? To prevent the dead from rising up and going rogue
Preparing the body
- Last Kiss
- Placed on the ground, like at birth
- Purified and anoited, possible embalming
- coins placed in the mouth or other mystery religion add-ons could happen
- Dressed, based on the status
Lay in state
Procession with masks of the fallen
Eulogy – talks about the noble deeds
Sacrifices
Burned
Epitaphs
- “I did not exist, I have existed, I do not exist, I feel no desire,”
9th-day feast
Other holidays for the dead
- Parentalia and Feralia
The Roman Funeral
Roman funerary practices