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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Podcast Show Flow

• How to use this episode
• Why? To prevent the dead from rising up and going rogue
• Preparing the body
• Lay in state
• Procession with masks of the fallen
• Eulogy - talks about the noble deeds
• Sacrifices
• Burned
• Epitaphs
• 9th-day feast
• Other holidays for the dead
• The Roman Funeral 
• Roman funerary practices

Michael's Resources

Parentalia

Feralia

The Roman Funeral 

Roman funerary practices

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Parentalia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parentalia

Feralia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feralia

The Roman Funeral https://www.ancient.eu/article/96/the-roman-funeral/

Roman funerary practices https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_funerary_practices

 

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