the romans referred to infants who died in the cradle as "arpagi" (singular "arpagus"). the romans did not hold funerals for "arpagi." their bodies were not cremated, or interred, and no monuments or epitaphs were made for them. eventually, infants who had lived 40 or more days and had cut teeth before their deaths were distinguished from the "arpagi"; they were referred to as "rapti," and they were cremated.