A Sad Occasion Culture Flashcards
1
Q
pompa
A
elaborate funeral procession
2
Q
lucernae
A
lamps that surrounded the body in the atrium of the house
3
Q
neniae
A
dirges
4
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lictores
A
public attendants carrying symbols of office
5
Q
fasces
A
bundles of rods carried by the public attendants
6
Q
laudatio
A
speech of praise made in Forum in honor of the deceased
7
Q
rogus
A
funeral pyre body was placed on
8
Q
manes
A
spirit of dead man
9
Q
dis manibus
A
“to the divine shades,” inscription found on tomb
