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The assumption that graves were located outside the city or the so-called pomerium disperses when taking a closer look at the urban complexity as well as the dynamic fluidity of territorial and sacred boundaries. The study of urban deathscapes, analysed with the integrative research approach of Religious Ancient Placemaking, unfolds that due to urban growth and the accompanying diversification and densification, lived realities, which are crucial for the formation and dynamics of religions (Albrecht and others 2018; Gasparini and others 2020), differed greatly from archaic jurisprudence. However, the consequence of a growing and diversifying city required greater social cohesion among groups in order to form themselves and claim their place in the urban context. Three selected case studies from Rome demonstrate that professional life was a significant factor in group formation, binding the group in this world and also beyond death, blurring the urban boundary between the living and the dead.
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