Who were buried on the Isola Sacra?
No tombs of rich people or men of standing have been
found in the necropolis. The tombs we know today were
meant for the local middle class, their servants, slaves and freedmen.
With the exception of a single sarcophagus, we don't find traces
of Judaism or Christianity.
Also tombs of followers of other foreign religions are lacking.
Almost all 'inhabitants' of this necropolis
were Roman
citizens and believers of the official Roman religion.
Statue of Iulia Procula found in tomb 97 (museum Ostia)
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