Junius Bassus was a Roman Christian, who died in at the age of 42 359 BCE. Junius was a senator who was in charge of the government of the capital. preferred burial to the Roman practice of cremation. Sarcophagus means a stone tomb. (Sarcophagus Of Junius Bassus.) Relief Sculptures have three sides of the Sarcophagus. On one side of the Sarcophagus is what appears to be several stories from both old and new testaments. The stories are crystallized so that there's just enough information to identify the peoples faces, and the story can be recognized. Some stories include, Christ’s arrest, Sacrifice of Isaac, Adam and Eve, and Daniel in the Lions.’ The stories are divided into columns. Each column contains three human figures with the exception
