Meanwhile the funerals of nobles and public figures were performed during the day with great pomp and ceremony.
Such funerals tended to be announced publicly in advance by heralds.
The funeral procession, was preceded by pipers and musicians playing various instruments,
next came torch bearers and the praeficae, hired women who wailed and cried in grief.
Part of the procession were also masked people, playing the part of the dead man's ancestors.