Evidence: Everyday Life Flashcards
housing, leisure activities, food and dining, clothing, health, baths, water supply, sanitation
1
Q
Baths
A
2
Q
Domus/Atrium house
Housing
A
- Earliest type of homes
- Had a hortus (back garden) instead of a peristyle
- E.g. House of Sallust in Pompeii
3
Q
Peristyle House
Housing
A
- Peristyle is 4-sided colonnade surrounding an inner courtyard
- Introduction of peristyle reflected Greek influence and a changing focus on the atrium as a formal reception area
- Tablinum was as the meetng area and the peristyle garden was the main domestic area
4
Q
Entry to houses
Housing
A
- Fauces (neck) is a narrow entryway that opens into the Atrium
Fauces funnel
5
Q
Parts of an atrium
Housing
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- Atrium is the first room of the house, led into by the fauces
- Each atrium has a hole in the roof called a compluvium
- Rainwater that fell through the compluvium collected in the impluvium, a pool
Rooms off the atrium:
- Tablinum (reception room in houses with a peristyle garden)
- Cubicula or bedrooms
6
Q
Impluvium features
Housing
A
- A shallow pool in the centre of the atrium, beneath the compluvium
- Water drained from the impluvium into a cistern beneath it. From this, it could be drawn using a well
- Some had mosaic floors. In the House of the Faun, the impluvium had a Faun statue in the middle of it
7
Q
Tablinum
Housing
A
- A reception room located off the atrium
8
Q
Lararium
Housing
A
- Sacred household shrine located in the atrium
- Can be found in the houses of the wealthy, e.g. House of the Centenary of Julius Polybius
9
Q
Staircases
Housing
A
- House of the Beautiful Courtyard in Herculaneum had an atria which was replaced with a courtyard and staircase leading to the upper floor
10
Q
Culina
Housing
A
- Kitchen
- Consisted of a hearth for cooking and a sink with a drain pipe that fed into the drain of the adjoining latrine
- E.g. House of the Vettii: original bronze pots and pans can be seen in the kitchen
11
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Triclinium
Housing
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- Dining room
- E.g. House of Julia Felix had stone benches
- Larger houses had 2 triclinia: summer and winter
- Summer triclinia was outside and refreshed by fountains
