Houses

Question 1

Features of a Domus

Answer 1

> Atrium surrounded by rooms. > Small garden at the back. > Made of limestone, tufa and brick > Interior plastered and frescoed. > Exterior whitewashed > Windows slits on the outside and widened on the inside. > Toilets and kitchen placed together to share water supply. > Little Furniture. > No interior doors.

Question 2

Features of a Villa

Answer 2

> Owned by wealthy landowners. > Very grand by the 3rd century. > Frescoes, Mosaics and statues. > Villa Rusticana- used for making wine, cultivating animals and grain. > Villa Urbana- lavish area where rich tenants lived. > Surrounded by gardens and fields. > Had their own baths. > Made of flint, mortar, chalk and timber.

Question 3

Features of an Insula

Answer 3

> Some were large and luxurious, some small and squalid. > Could have any number of rooms. > Only 4-5 storeys high due to building restrictions. > Residents ate their meals at Thermopoliums, it was too unsafe to cook in the flats. > Top floors were very unsafe and cramped, but lower floors were more luxurious. > Wood burning braziers were used for heat, but they were a fire risk.

Question 4

Domus example

Answer 4

The House of Paquius Proculus, Pompeii.

Question 5

Villa example

Answer 5

Lullingstone Villa, Kent

Question 6

Insula example

Answer 6

A block from Ostia, Rome

Question 7

impluvium

Answer 7

rainwater pool

Question 8

triclinium

Answer 8

dining room

Question 9

tablinum

Answer 9

study

Question 10

atrium

Answer 10

atrium

Question 11

cubiculum

Answer 11

bedroom

Question 12

summer triclinium

Answer 12

summer dining room

Question 13

culina

Answer 13

kitchen

Question 14

latrina

Answer 14

toilet

Question 15

hortus

Answer 15

garden

Question 16

ianua

Answer 16

door

Question 17

peristylium

Answer 17

enclosed garden

Question 18

fauces

Answer 18

entrance hall

Question 19

lararium

Answer 19

shrine

Question 20

compluvium

Answer 20

rain water opening

Question 21

rainwater pool

Answer 21

impluvium

Question 22

dining room

Answer 22

triclinium

Question 23

study

Answer 23

tablinum

Question 24

atrium

Answer 24

atrium

Question 25

bedroom

Answer 25

cubiculum

Question 26

summer dining room

Answer 26

summer triclinium

Question 27

kitchen

Answer 27

culina

Question 28

toilet

Answer 28

latrina

Question 29

garden

Answer 29

hortus

Question 30

door

Answer 30

ianua

Question 31

enclosed garden

Answer 31

peristylium

Question 32

entrance hall

Answer 32

fauces

Question 33

shrine

Answer 33

lararium

Question 34

rain water opening

Answer 34

compluvium