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Excerpt from Tombs and Catacombs of the Appian Way (History of Cremation): A Lecture From the example thus set by Sylla, the chief of the aristocratic party, cremation became again the fashion among the nobles, and few years later, it became generally adopted. During the whole time of the Empire, burial was seldom, if ever practised; The Hebrews seem to have always adhered to the system of burial and to have discarded cremation altogether. Thus Christ, according to the Jewish custom, was buried. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.