sentences:  The cemetery was extensive, and was comparable to Etruscan cemeteries and Christian catacombs.Although some tombs were constructed for the very poor, the majority of burials were built by the middle class bourgeoisie of the area.Since the burial grounds were constructed during the 2nd century and first half of the 3rd century, a historical transition is seen in the necropolis from the pagan practice of cremation to inhumation.