A catacomb is an underground burial chamber. In the first half of the second century, as a result of various grants and donations, the Christians started burying their dead in such catacombs, especially in Rome. Many began and developed around family tombs, whose owners, newly converted Christians, did not reserve them to the members of the family, but opened them to their brothers and sisters in the faith. The demand was driven both by lack of space and, until Constantine's change of heart and the end of persecution, the need for secrecy. This stone shows typical Christian symbols of the time.
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A catacomb is an underground burial chamber. In the first half of the second century, as a result of various grants and donations, the Christians started burying their dead in such catacombs, especially in Rome. Many began and developed around family tombs, whose owners, newly converted Christians, did not reserve them to the members of the family, but opened them to their brothers and sisters in the faith. The demand was driven both by lack of space and, until Constantine's change of heart and the end of persecution, the need for secrecy. This stone shows typical Christian symbols of the time.
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