Houses Flashcards
Features of a Domus
> 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.
Features of a Villa
> 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.
Features of an Insula
> 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.
Domus example
The House of Paquius Proculus, Pompeii.
Villa example
Lullingstone Villa, Kent
Insula example
A block from Ostia, Rome
impluvium
rainwater pool
triclinium
dining room
tablinum
study
atrium
atrium
cubiculum
bedroom
summer triclinium
summer dining room
culina
kitchen
latrina
toilet
hortus
garden
ianua
door
peristylium
enclosed garden
fauces
entrance hall
lararium
shrine
compluvium
rain water opening
rainwater pool
impluvium
dining room
triclinium
study
tablinum
atrium
atrium
