CREMATION URNS with LEAD LINERS: left with remains, right empty
Image courtesy of Erik Zempel, University of Michigan
A crematorium is located near the Mausoleum of Augustus in the Campus Martius. The geographer Strabo describes it as a structure surrounded by a ring of black poplars, a wall of white, probably travertine, marble and an iron fence.
Excavations in this area have unearthed 6 large travertine cippi inscribed with the names of members of the family of Augustus, Germanicus' daughter and three sons, Tiberius, son of Drusus and a nephew of Vespasius. Read more about the custom of Roman cremation and funerals from this University of Michigan. site.
Mausoleum of Augustus