So, if, for example, several ancestors had been consuls,
than the same number of masked figures would be dressed in the insignia of consuls as part of the funeral procession.
In early Rome these representatives of ancestors were carried aloft lying on a stretcher of sorts.
Later though, they would travel in chariots.
Once the pyre had burnt down the glowing ashes would be put out with wine and a relative would collect the bones and place them in an urn.
The urn might alas be placed in a niche memorial (columbarium) with an inscription or even a bust,
or, in case of rich and powerful families, the urn might be placed in a family monument or mausoleum.