Characteristics of burial chambers in Late Antique Age Anatolia and their associations with religious architecture

Late Antiquity, defined as the intermediate period during which the transition between the Antiquity and the Middle Ages was provided, has taken its place in the history literature since the 20th century. The Late Antiquity corresponds to the years when significant religious and political changes took place in the Roman Empire. The empire, which expanded to Spain in the west and the Caspian Sea in the east, was divided into two in this era, and a new religion, Christianity, was declared the official religion. Thus, in the empire, which was divided into two as the Eastern Roman Empire and the Western Roman Empire, there was a transition from polytheism to monotheism. Anatolian lands became the central geography of the empire in the Late Antiquity, as it constituted a large part of the Eastern Roman Empire and contained the capital of the empire. In Christianity, which emerged in the 1st and 2nd centuries and spread over the Anatolian lands in time, spread throughout the entire empire with missionary movements throughout the 3rd century. With the declaration of Christianity as the official religion in the 4th century, the society, which passed from pagan religion to monotheistic, could not break away from its old habits and continued its old habits by Christianizing for an average of 3 centuries. This new conception of religion, where death is sanctified, has affected the understanding of death of its people. Although these effects are not seen in burial and funeral preparations, it is obvious that this understanding exists in cemetery preferences.