"Larva convivalis", little bronze skeletons, were common dinner gifts. They served to remind guests to enjoy their fleeting pleasures because death is always near.
The little skeletons were made with jointed limbs, so they could join in the banquet festivities with a jiggling dance.
Image: Memento mori, Roman, 199 BCE-500 CE
The little skeletons were made with jointed limbs, so they could join in the banquet festivities with a jiggling dance.
Image: Memento mori, Roman, 199 BCE-500 CE
Roman tomb Köln-Weiden. Cologne, Germany
In 1843 whilst digging a pit for his new business premises, a German wagoner found a large slab.
The subterranean burial chamber (hypogaeum) dates back to the 2nd century. It's a stone-modeled version of a triclinium, a Roman dining room.
In 1843 whilst digging a pit for his new business premises, a German wagoner found a large slab.
The subterranean burial chamber (hypogaeum) dates back to the 2nd century. It's a stone-modeled version of a triclinium, a Roman dining room.