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swpotter12 · **on:** Jun 23, 2018

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.

Question 2

The earliest securely identifiable sarcophagus of a member of the imperial family is the

A) Lion hunt (Mattei) sarcophagus.
B) Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus.
C) Acilia sarcophagus.
D) Balbinus sarcophagus.