Step 2: Decide if you want to cremated or inhumed. You must choose whether you will be cremated (body burned and ashes collected and placed in an urn) or inhumed (body buried intact).
In ancient Rome, the method was mostly a matter of taste, but for the most part Romans chose to be cremated. Some people, however, preferred inhumation (especially people of Jewish and Christian beliefs). Your choice will determine many of your other choices further on.
Cremation burials require an urn for depositing the ashes. They take less space than an inhumation burial. Three of the communal burial sites allow only for cremation.
The Funeral Pyre