Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman (1867) (14781327475)

Street of Tombs, Pompeii
Identifier: handbookofarchae00west (find matches)
Title: Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman
Year: 1867 (1860s)
Authors: Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884
Subjects: Art, Ancient Archaeology
Publisher: London, Bell and Daldy
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University



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COLUMBARIUM. or several urns were placed. This is what the Romans called acolumbarium, a name derived from the likeness of the niches in thewalls to pigeon holes.* When the deceased, having been killed inbattle, or having died at sea, did not receive the honours of scpul- * There are several of these columbnria at Rome. The most remarkable are,the columbarium in the Vigna Codini, ou the Appiau way; and the colnmbnrinmin the Villa Doria. TOMBS. 113 lure, a cenotaph, or empty tomb, was raised to him with the cere-monies regulated by law; these cenotaphs bore the same ornamentsas the sarcophagi and tombs. The place appointed for tombs wasgenerally by the side of roads ; and though they were not allowedto be constructed within the city, there was no restriction as totheir approaching close to the walls. Accordingly we find that mostof the roads leading out of ancient towns are lined with tombs, aninstance of which we have at Pompeii, where the street of the
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tombs, forming an approach to the city gate, is one of the mostinteresting objects in that place: and lately it has been discovered i 114 HANDBOOK OF AIWHjEOLOGY. that the Via Appia, and the Via Latina have been lined with tombsclose to Rome. A number of these tombs, extending on the ViaAppia for over eight miles be)Tond the tomb of Caacilia Metella, havebeen discovered and brought to light by the energy and talent of thelate Cornmendatore Canina, who has published a most interestingwork on them, giving restorations of the principal monuments.