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Roman Death
9 cards·by MagistraHilaria
What's the Latin word for 'body?'
corpus
What's the Latin word for 'dead?'
mortuus
What kind of food offerings were left for the Roman dead?
eggs, flour, lentils, beans, wine
Which Greek sinner was forever hungry and thirsty for all eternity within sight of food in the
underworld?
Tantalus
Which Greek sinner had to roll a rock up a hill for all eternity in the underworld?
Sisyphus
What might Romans do to make the dead happier in the afterlife?
Give them food and drink, visit them, bury them with correct stuff
Who taught that there was no life after death?
Epicurus
What did the Romans think ghosts might do if they were not buried properly?
Cause trouble for the Living
What did Roman tombs look like from the outside?
Little houses