George Valentin Bounegru

CUPRINS

FOREWORD 7

ARGUMENT 9

I. FUNERARY RITES AND RITUALS IN THE ROMAN WORLD 11

II. APULUM. GEOGRAPHICAL SETTING 17

III. EARLY BEGINNINGS OF URBAN LIFE AT APULUM 19

IV. HISTORY OF RESEARCH IN THE NORTHERN CEMETERY 27

IV.1. The 1981–1985 excavation results (authors: George Bounegru, Gheorghe Anghel, Ioan Alexandru Aldea, Cloșca L. Băluță, Radu Ciobanu, Horia Ciugudean, Vasile Moga, Alexandru Popa, Ioan Șerban) 28

IV.2. Recent research in the northern cemetery 30

V. FUNERARY RITES 33

V.1. Cremation graves 34