Customs - Roman House

Question 1

vestibulum

Answer 1

open courtyard between street and door to house

Question 2

ostium/ianua

Answer 2

door/doorway - doors had one huge cylindrical hinge

Question 3

fauces

Answer 3

passage or entrance to atrium

Question 4

atrium

Answer 4

main room or center of the house

Question 5

impluvium

Answer 5

large basin for collecting rainwater that fell from compluvium

Question 6

compluvium

Answer 6

hole in roof that allowed light to pass through

Question 7

alae

Answer 7

“wings” on either side of atrium that might contain imagines

Question 8

imagines

Answer 8

wax busts of family’s ancestors in alae

Question 9

triclinium

Answer 9

dining room with 3 couches

Question 10

tabulinum

Answer 10

master’s study -separated by atrium by vela/aelaea and peristylum by valvae

Question 11

vela/aulaea

Answer 11

curtains

Question 12

valvae

Answer 12

folding doors

Question 13

andron

Answer 13

passage between atrium and peristylum

Question 14

taberna

Answer 14

shop where household sold goods

Question 15

cubiculum diurnum

Answer 15

bedroom for midday siesta

Question 16

cubiculum nocturnum/dormitorium

Answer 16

small bedroom

Question 17

peristylum

Answer 17

large open courtyard surrounded by columns

Question 18

latrina

Answer 18

bathroom (always next to culina)

Question 19

culina

Answer 19

kitchen

Question 20

bibliotheca

Answer 20

library

Question 21

exedra

Answer 21

large room at side of peristylum house opposite atrium that contained seats for lectures

Question 22

oeci

Answer 22

extra rooms used as halls, saloons, parlors, drawing rooms, etc.

Question 23

diaetae

Answer 23

outdoor rooms for relaxation

Question 24

solarium

Answer 24

room for sunbathing

Question 25

sacrarium

Answer 25

private chapel

Question 26

hortus

Answer 26

garden

Question 27

xystus

Answer 27

formal elaborate garden

Question 28

cellae servorum

Answer 28

slave quarters

Question 29

limen

Answer 29

threshold

Question 30

maenianum

Answer 30

extension of story over another - balcony

Question 31

pondera

Answer 31

stepping stones from the street to the house

Question 32

tuscanicum

Answer 32

roof formed by two pairs of beams crossing each other to form square hole (compluvium)

Question 33

tetrastylon

Answer 33

beams of roof supported by 4 columns

Question 34

corinthium

Answer 34

beams of roof supported by more than 4 columns

Question 35

displuvinatum

Answer 35

roof sloped outward to gutters for catching rainwater

Question 36

testudinatum

Answer 36

roof with no impluvium or compluvium

Question 37

ianua

Answer 37

door

Question 38

ostium

Answer 38

front door

Question 39

posticum

Answer 39

back/side door

Question 40

fax

Answer 40

torch of inflammable wood and oil kept near door

Question 41

pessuli

Answer 41

bolts

Question 42

serae

Answer 42

bars for fastening doors

Question 43

lectus/torus

Answer 43

couch or bed

Question 44

fulcrum

Answer 44

bed post

Question 45

lectus adversus

Answer 45

marriage couch in atrium opposite ostium

Question 46

pulvinus

Answer 46

pillow or cushion

Question 47

scamnum

Answer 47

foot stool used to reach bed

Question 48

sedile

Answer 48

seat with four legs and no back

Question 49

sella

Answer 49

stool for one person

Question 50

subsellium

Answer 50

stool for multiple people (bench)

Question 51

sella curulis

Answer 51

“curule seat” with curved legs of ivory

Question 52

solium

Answer 52

up-right high-backed chair with solid arms

Question 53

cathedra

Answer 53

chair with curved back and no arms

Question 54

cathedra suplina

Answer 54

chair with no arms and a back that was slanted at the comfortable angle

Question 55

mensa

Answer 55

table

Question 56

monopodium

Answer 56

small table with one leg