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The Roman House and You

The Roman House and You. A Roman house was not like a modern-day house. A Roman house did not have a front yard and came up right to the sidewalk. There were very few windows due to the fact that large windows would have made the house incredibly hot during

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The Roman House and You

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  1. The Roman House and You

  2. A Roman house was not like a modern-day house.

  3. A Roman house did not have a front yard and came up right to the sidewalk.

  4. There were very few windows due to the fact that large windows would have made the house incredibly hot during the summer and cold during the winter.

  5. The front of a Roman house usually had a front door (ianua) with two shops (taberna) on both sides of it. taberna taberna ianua

  6. taberna ianua

  7. The Roman house was divided into two parts, each with a courtyard surrounded by rooms. Courtyard #2 Courtyard #1

  8. Once through the ianua, one would proceed through the entry hallway (fauces) to the first “courtyard” – the atrium.

  9. ATRIUM This was the reception hall where the family received and welcomed guests. In the atrium were the impluvium and the lararium.

  10. IMPLUVIUM This was a shallow rectangular pool which collected rain water from a hole in the ceiling of the atrium. impluvium

  11. LARARIUM To the right of the Impluvium was the lararium – the shrine to the household gods.

  12. impluvium atrium fauces lararium

  13. Around the atrium were the bedrooms (cubiculum). The bedrooms did not have doors, but rather were closed off with a heavy curtain.

  14. cubiculum

  15. The first area of the house (atrium) was separated from the second part by the study (tablinum). Here, most important business was conducted.

  16. tablinum

  17. The second courtyard area consisted of open colonnade of pillars (peristylum) surrounding the garden (hortus).

  18. The peristylum and hortus area was elaborately decorated and often families would relax here with guests or on their own.

  19. peristylum/ hortus

  20. Surrounding the peristylum were • the slaves’ quarters • the kitchen (culina) • the bathroom (latrina) • the dining room (triclinium).

  21. The kitchen (culina) and the bathroom (latrina) were located next to each other due to the need for running water.

  22. culina latrina

  23. The last room of the Roman house was the dining room (triclinium) which means “three couches”.

  24. triclinium

  25. FINIS

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