Unconventional Roman Burial Practices

This Roman burial breaks every rule — and nobody knows what they thought this person was.

That’s the scary part. Archaeologists have found Roman graves where the body wasn’t

just buried. It was restrained. Held down with stones. Weighed at the chest or legs.

Placed in positions that don’t match any known Roman ritual. Not honored.

Not executed. Just… controlled. Normally, Romans were very precise with burials.

The body was cleaned. Positioned. Handled according to strict customs. But in these graves,

everything is wrong. The posture. The objects. The pressure placed on the body.

Which tells us something important: This wasn’t tradition. Historians still can’t agree on what