Christian Catacombs In Ancient Rome

Construction on this scale, even underground, could not have been invisible to either the authorities or populace of Rome, There cannot be much sense in the idea that the catacombs were dug to hide Christian funerals and bodies. Christian catacombs were highly decorated using biblical motifs, and burials were of full-body cadavers, since Christian belief prohibited cremation. The emergence of Christianity gradually became obvious in the funerary architecture and burial ecology of the cities and villages of the Roman