What Change in Imperial Funerary Practice Took Place After the Reign

question 25

Multiple Choice

What change in imperial funerary practice took place after the reign of Septimius Severus?

• A) Roman emperors began to be embalmed and put on display rather than inhumed in sarcophagi.
• B) Roman emperors began to be mummified in Egyptian fashion rather than cremated on funerary pyres.
• C) Roman emperors began to be inhumed in sarcophagi rather than cremated on funerary pyres.
• D) Roman emperors began to be cremated on funerary pyres rather than inhumed in sarcophagi.

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