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title: Rabbit Eating Leaves, Blackbird Eating a Cricket, Columbarium of Scribonius Menophilus
author: Francesca Santoro L'hoir
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3149/rabbit-eating-leaves-blackbird-eating-a-cricket-co/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Rabbit Eating Leaves, Blackbird Eating a Cricket, Columbarium of Scribonius Menophilus

_Authored by [Francesca Santoro L'hoir](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/Phyllida/)_

## Image File

[![Rabbit Eating Leaves, Blackbird Eating a Cricket, Columbarium of Scribonius Menophilus](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3149.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3149.jpg)

## Image Caption

Charming frescoes decorate the walls of this first-century CE columbarium, discovered in 1982 CE on the grounds of the Villa Doria Pamphili. Other [wall](https://www.worldhistory.org/wall/) paintings include fishermen, scenes from tragedy, musical instruments, dancers of [death](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Death/), and [Nile](https://www.worldhistory.org/nile/) scenes.

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## About the Author

I am a former college professor and Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, 1997.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
L'hoir, F. S. (2014, October 19). Rabbit Eating Leaves, Blackbird Eating a Cricket, Columbarium of Scribonius Menophilus. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3149/rabbit-eating-leaves-blackbird-eating-a-cricket-co/>
### Chicago
L'hoir, Francesca Santoro. "Rabbit Eating Leaves, Blackbird Eating a Cricket, Columbarium of Scribonius Menophilus." *World History Encyclopedia*, October 19, 2014. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3149/rabbit-eating-leaves-blackbird-eating-a-cricket-co/>.
### MLA
L'hoir, Francesca Santoro. "Rabbit Eating Leaves, Blackbird Eating a Cricket, Columbarium of Scribonius Menophilus." *World History Encyclopedia*, 19 Oct 2014, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3149/rabbit-eating-leaves-blackbird-eating-a-cricket-co/>.

## License & Copyright

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