The Greeks crowned the dead body with flowers, and placed
flowers on the tomb also. The Romans decked the funeral couch with
leaves and flowers, and spread flowers, wreaths, and fillets on the
tomb of friends. When Sulla was buried as many as 2,000 wreaths were
sent in his honour. Most of our funeral customs are derived from the
Romans; as dressing in black, walking in procession, carrying insignia
on the bier, raising a mound over the grave, called tumulus,
whence our tomb.
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