Roman soldiers taking part in decursio, the ritual circling of funeral pyre, c180-196. Artist: Unknown

Roman soldiers taking part in decursio, the ritual circling of funeral pyre, c180-196. Artist: Unknown

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Roman soldiers taking part in decursio - ritual circling of funeral pyre, c180-196. Detail of a relief from the Antonine Column, Rome, erected c180-196 by Commodus in honour of his father and predecessor as Roman emperor, Marcus Aurelius (121-180) and commemorating his defeat of the German tribe the Marcomanni (Marcomani) in 167-168.

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