As the corpse is placed in a casket or container (preferably prepared from a combustible material), the container burns down. Next, the heat dries the body, burns the skin and hair, contracts and chars the muscles, vaporizes the soft tissues, and calcifies the bones so that they eventually crumble.
One such story is that of Nero merrily playing the fiddle while Rome burned in the Great Fire of the first century. It was during the night of the 18 th July 64 AD, when a fire broke out in the merchant area of the city.
Emperor Titus begun its construction in 70 AD and his son Titus competed it in 80 AD. Titus's younger brother and successor, Domitian, made further modification between 81 and â¦ 86 AD. These emperors belonged to the Flavian dynasty; hence it was called the Flavian amphitheatre. One of the major tourist destinations in Rome is the Colosseum, the ruins of the ancient amphitâ¦. 2  Visiting the Colosseum in Rome, Italy The Colosseum, located in Rome, Italy, is one of the most visited monuments in Europe.