Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This video explores the strange world of Roman epitaphs, which tell us a great deal about life - and death - in the ancient world.
My video on the tomb of the youthful poet Quintus Sulpicius Maximus: youtu.be/xXaIExMpdkI?si=jpBRo0Tm4oOg-6ur

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:34 Patterns of commemoration
1:27 Tomb design
2:53 Components of the epitaph
4:25 Odd jobs
5:17 Members of the imperial household
5:57 Military careers
6:45 Remarkable women
7:15 Untimely demises
7:40 Curses and exhortations