Customs - Roman House Flashcards
vestibulum
open courtyard between street and door to house
ostium/ianua
door/doorway - doors had one huge cylindrical hinge
fauces
passage or entrance to atrium
atrium
main room or center of the house
impluvium
large basin for collecting rainwater that fell from compluvium
compluvium
hole in roof that allowed light to pass through
alae
“wings” on either side of atrium that might contain imagines
imagines
wax busts of family’s ancestors in alae
triclinium
dining room with 3 couches
tabulinum
master’s study -separated by atrium by vela/aelaea and peristylum by valvae
vela/aulaea
curtains
valvae
folding doors
andron
passage between atrium and peristylum
taberna
shop where household sold goods
cubiculum diurnum
bedroom for midday siesta
cubiculum nocturnum/dormitorium
small bedroom
peristylum
large open courtyard surrounded by columns
latrina
bathroom (always next to culina)
culina
kitchen
bibliotheca
library
exedra
large room at side of peristylum house opposite atrium that contained seats for lectures
oeci
extra rooms used as halls, saloons, parlors, drawing rooms, etc.
diaetae
outdoor rooms for relaxation
solarium
room for sunbathing
sacrarium
private chapel
hortus
garden
xystus
formal elaborate garden
cellae servorum
slave quarters