In  the  firfl  ages  the  Bulla  was
worn  by  the  noblcmens  fons  only
But,  when  the  children  of  freed
men  were  indulged  with  the  Pree-
texta,  they  alfumed  the  Bulla  alfo,
but  theirs  was  made  of  leather.  la
the  cavity  of  the  Bulla  were  en-
clofed  amulets  againft  envy,  &c.—
See  Amulet.
When  youth  arrived  at  fifteen
years  of  age,  they  hung  their
Bulla  about  the  necks  of  cheir
pods  Lares.  The  necks  of  horfes
as  well  as  thofe  of  Gods  and  men,
were  fometimes  decorated  with
thefe  ornaments.
Burial,  the  laft  office  perform-
ed by  the  living  to  the  dead;  ai»
ofEce  held  fo  facred  that  they  who
ncglefted  it  have  in  all  nations
been  held  in  abhcrrence.      The


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y^nvs,-  Greeks  and  Romans  held  the
tkad  as  facred,  and  thought  that
jhe  want  of  burial  would  afFcd
the  happinefsof  the  foul.  With-
out burial  the  Greeks  and  Rovians
imagined  there  was  no  entrance
into  Elyfuim  for  a  thoufand  years.
The  remains  both  of  freemen  and
Have;  were  treated  with  pious  care.
Such  as  died  abroad  had  their
bodies  or  afhes  brought  home  for
interment.  With  regard  to  the
place  of  interment  nothing  parti-
cular was.prelcribed.  But  Jcnvs,
Creeks  and  Romans  buried  their
dead  in  the  city  or  country,  by  the
road  fide,  or  upon  mountains  j
ibmetimes  they  were  depofited  in
caverns,  and  iometimss  in  public
burial  places.  The  great  men  of
Rome  were  ufually  buried  in  th^
Ciimpus  Mr.rtiy.s.  See  Campus
Marti  us.
