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> [“The Romans feared their dead. In fact, Roman funeral customs derived from a need to propitiate the sensibilities of the departed. The very word funus may be translated as dead body, funeral ceremony, or murder. There was a genuine concern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catharine-arnold/the-romans-feared-their-dead-in-fact-roman-funeral-customs-derived/)

[Catharine Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catharine-arnold/)

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## More by Catharine Arnold

> [Death and burial were a public spectacle. Shakespeare may have seen for himself the gravediggers at St Ann's, Soho, playing skittles with skulls and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catharine-arnold/death-and-burial-were-a-public-spectacle-shakespeare-may-have-seen/)

[Catharine Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catharine-arnold/)

> [“More than a hygenic method of disposing of the dead, cremation enabled lovers and comrades to be mingled together for eternity: The ashes of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catharine-arnold/more-than-a-hygenic-method-of-disposing-of-the-dead-cremation-enabled/)

[Catharine Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catharine-arnold/)

> [“The faithful clamoured to be buried alongside the martyrs, as close as possible to the venerable remains, a custom which, in anthropological terms, recalls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catharine-arnold/the-faithful-clamoured-to-be-buried-alongside-the-martyrs-as-close-as/)

[Catharine Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catharine-arnold/)

> [“...in other spheres of Victorian Society the appeal of a young woman dressed in black from head to toe was acknowledged. In Victorian popular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catharine-arnold/in-other-spheres-of-victorian-society-the-appeal-of-a-young-woman/)

[Catharine Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catharine-arnold/)

> [“Accounts from Europe indicate that the danse macabre took another form, inspired by the Black Death, rather like our children's rhyme 'Ring o' Ring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catharine-arnold/accounts-from-europe-indicate-that-the-danse-macabre-took-another/)

[Catharine Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catharine-arnold/)

> [More than a hygienic method of disposing of the dead, cremation enabled lovers and comrades to be mingled together for eternity:](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catharine-arnold/more-than-a-hygienic-method-of-disposing-of-the-dead-cremation/)

[Catharine Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catharine-arnold/)

> [“In a policy shift which the historian Guy de la Bedoyere has compared with Western Imperialism, the Romans converted militant Britons to their way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catharine-arnold/in-a-policy-shift-which-the-historian-guy-de-la-bedoyere-has-compared/)

[Catharine Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catharine-arnold/)

> [“Meanwhile, we have carved out a place for ourselves among the dead; the glittering pinnacles of commerce rise along the skyline, their foundations sunk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catharine-arnold/meanwhile-we-have-carved-out-a-place-for-ourselves-among-the-dead-the/)

[Catharine Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catharine-arnold/)

> [Following directly behind the bier were the servants who would, in earlier times, have been slaughtered at the graveside, along with a warrior's horse.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catharine-arnold/following-directly-behind-the-bier-were-the-servants-who-would-in/)

[Catharine Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catharine-arnold/)

> [“The Romans feared their dead. In fact, Roman funeral customs derived from a need to propitiate the sensibilities of the departed. The very word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catharine-arnold/the-romans-feared-their-dead-in-fact-roman-funeral-customs-derived/)

[Catharine Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catharine-arnold/)

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