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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 3553344, member: 76194&quot;]We actually know where the burial sites of many Roman emperors were located. The problems are that these placed were looted in antiquity and the urns containing the ashes were broken. The Julio Claudians were buried at Augustus&#039; mausoleum, and we still have some of the epitaph stones that survived. But the ashes are long lost to history. Flavian emperors (at least Titus) was buried in his arch (also looted). Hadrian&#039;s Mausoleum was also the burial place of several emperors (also looted). And Trajan was buried in his column, but his ashes also do not survive thanks to later looters looking for treasure.</p><p><br /></p><p>But then again, that&#039;s the history of the ancient ruins. What little we see is what escaped medieval scavengers and treasure hunters. There&#039;s a lot of castles and churches throughout Europe partially built using recycled marble and stone from Roman buildings. Imagine how much would still be around today if it wasn&#039;t for that. Though in some cases, some things probably did survive thanks to looting and recycling. For example, the inscriptions of tomb stones of hundreds of common Roman people survived the effects of weathering away because so many were used as interior stones for medieval buildings.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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