Monday, February 26, 2018

End of Imperial Cremation Rites



Who was the last Roman emperor to have been cremated? Cremation declined in the 2nd c., but the funeral pyre is often represented on the posthumous coinage of the 2nd and 3rd c. with Claudius Gothicus being the last emperor whose coin featured this image.

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Image Patasos Coins


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