classics test Flashcards
Ianua
front door
Fauces
entrance hall
kitchen
culina
shrine
Iarium
main room
atrium
bedrooms
cubiculum
dining room
triclinium
place to observe the garden
exedra
garden
peristyle
master study
tablinium
small pool
impluvium
hole in the roof
compluvium
taberna
shops
opus tessalatum
small tiles. most common type
red and white colorful mosaics
opus signium
opus sectile
mosaic decorations found on walls, fountains and niches
large and colorful mosaics
opus musivium
what was the house called with the wooden partition?
the house of the wooden partition- named after its famous partition
what was the biggest house called?
house of menander- famous painting of the playwriter Menander on the wall of the peristyle
what was the house with the massive garden called?
house of Octavius Quartio - named after their family crest (their seal)
where was the house of the wooden partition?
HERCULANEUM
where was the house of menander?
POMPEI
Where was the house of Octavius Quartio?
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Pompei
significance of Octavius Quartio?
it is extremely focused on the garden which is realllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly big
significance of Menander ?
it is so large - it is one of the largest and most impressive houses in all of Pompei
significance of wooden partition house?
upper floor and carbonized furniture both survived the volcanic eruption Vesuvius - the wood survived for a long time
what is an insulae
a block of apartments cramped together for poor people
insulae for the rich
- 2 large reception rooms
- smaller rooms
- kitchen
- toilet facilities
insulae for the poor
1,2,3 rooms in total
no kitchen or toilet
poorly built -cracks
often collapsed
often burned down
