![]() ![]() Inside the tombs, each burial site was usually marked by an indicator stone, usually a stylised human bust called columella, below which the vases containing the ashes of the dead were buried. Small tomb groups or funerary monuments of various kind, to commemorate the dead and indicate their social status, were located along the roads departing from the city walls. In the Roman period, the sepulchral areas developed on the outskirts of the city, outside the city gates they are named after, beyond a ‘respect’ belt of about 30 metres wherein burials were usually forbidden. The dead were usually interred in graves or stone coffins together with grave goods. ![]() ![]() The tombs were mainly attributed to burials dating back to the Samnite period (5 th-4 th century BC). During the earliest stages of Pompeii, the main burial site was outside the Herculaneum Gate.
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