Italy 2018

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CATACOMBS Di Dometilla : bus notes
- Is a paleo Christian grave (original Christians of Rome) 2,000 yrs Roman Empire, Roman pagiensum. Many gods!
- All other religion illegal
- Other religions has to burry outside of the walls.
- cremation of the body was the law.
- Christians has to follow the same rules for hundreds of years. Christians did not like because you need your body for resurrection.
- 4-5 layers/ floors of dead bodies for space.
- 2nd century to 4th century (313 AD) Constantine made Christianity legal. Only official religion allowed. This is when the catacombs were built.
- Barbarians was anyone not Roman. They took over the catacombs and Christians Stop using them. No valuables with crypts BUT they bought back bones from the barbarians for a few hundred years.
- By 9th century, church ended this by taking bones and closed catacombs.
- Forgotten till 1600. Man and cow, cow falls into the caticombs then rediscover.

CATACOMBS Di Dometilla notes from inside:
- Church built at entrance in the 15th century. (Before catacombs)
- Long halls to get around. Single or poor was burry in the hall. Rich could afford a room...qubiculquium. (Family hole)
- Symbols on the tomb cover is important- used for getting into the after life. Pagans used to help find their specific afterlife’s. (Warriors, Rich, women and Poor)
- Cyro symbol- Greek christos (monogram of Christ) unpopular for 300 years. (Circle with Greek letters, cut like a pie.)
- 50/50 chance you’ll live to 6yrs.
- Tufa stone- volcanic soft ground to burry them in.
- Rich could afford fresco markings- paintings on wet plaster.
- Bones move to pantheim by Christians, kept safe from barbarians.
- Body’s wrapped in cloth soaked in lime to rot faster. Liquified body’s. Really bad smell!Read more