Roman glassware found Nîmes, France

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Roman glassware have been uncovered in the city of Nîmes, France. Excavations in the area have found cremation pyres and burial sites from the 2nd century BC to the 2nd century AD. 
 

Nîmes, France was known as the Roman city Nemausus (see link below).

 

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A total of 15 burials have been identified, a majority of which are cremation burials with several inhumation burials.

Buried with the deceased are numerous high status grave goods, including strigils (a tool for the cleansing of the body before bathing), ornate glass vases, ceramics, a glass paste cup, lamps, and fragments of funerary monuments and amphorae.

The glass vases are relatively intact, which were deposited during feasting rituals known as the refrigerium, a commemorative meal held on the day of burial. The refrigerium was conducted by female priestesses and centred on the consumption of wine in glass vessels.

 

 

 

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/04/archaeologists-uncover-exquisite-roman-glassware-in-nimes/151466

 

https://www.livius.org/articles/place/nemausus-nimes/

Edited April 16 by guy

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Here is an article further describing the Roman finds as well as the Roman road uncovered with the finds in Nîmes, France:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.inrap.fr/des-tombes-et-des-buchers-en-bord-de-voies-romaines-nimes-gard-17952#
 

 

Edited April 16 by guy

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The road discovered is thought to be a crossroads with the Via Domitia, which was the Roman road that linked Italy with Hispania through Southern France. The remains were discovered between the two roads:

 

In Ancient Rome the cemeteries were traditionally located outside of the religious boundaries (pomerium) of towns and cities. Tombs and elaborate burial monuments lined the roadsides.

 

Burial graves and monuments along the Appian Way near Rome

Edited April 16 by guy