houses

Question 1

what were the houses in P

Answer 1

Vetti 
Faun
Menander 
Tragic Poet
Caecillus

Question 2

what were the houses in Herc.

Answer 2

Neptune and Amphitrite

Wooden Partition

Question 3

what were the villas called

Answer 3

Mysteries

Diomede

Question 4

domus house

Answer 4

single story

Question 5

entrance

Answer 5

whiter outer facade red panels at bottom
graffiti and slogans on wall
plaster casts - long bronze studs and doorknobs
keys and locks foun
cave canem mosaic - guard dog chained up, plaster cast of suffocated dog

Question 6

fauces

Answer 6

corridor to enter house
led to atrium
H. of Faun - cloaks left here

Question 7

atrium

Answer 7

main room, courtyard
roof sloped in, central opening (compluvium)
rain water in and into basin (impluvium) cistern below
water supply
keeps humidity down - cool and fresh
h. of faun - statue in impluvium
received guests here
decorative outer walls, bright blue pam ellis small theatre scenes
strong box

Question 8

patron and clients

Answer 8

waited in vestibulum or outside

stone benches then wait in atrium

Question 9

tablinum

Answer 9

originally master bedroom
later study / office
main reception
divided from atrium using curtain or wooden partition (H.)- carbonised
open onto harden - overlooked it
rare - some had balcony that overlooked garden

Question 10

small kitchen

Answer 10

no ventilation or chimney
smokey
slaves worked here
squeezed wherever possible - variety in houses
kitchen equipment- tripods, earthenware pots
pit toilet - little awareness of hygiene

Question 11

food

Answer 11

Herc. triclinium table. bread eggs cake
paintings show fish lobster
Herc. carbonised fruit

Question 12

triclinium - dining room

Answer 12

sloped backwards 
3 couches, 3 on one
reclined - rest on left, eat with right 
in winter eat here, summer in garden 
rules of behaviour on wall 
bigger houses have this

Question 13

bedrooms

Answer 13

bone/ivory combs
cosmetic jar
rings
H OF menander

Question 14

windows

Answer 14

small 
high up 
hard for thieves to get in 
little glass 
shutters - carbonised

Question 15

small garden

Answer 15

decoration of gardens

painted with outdoor scenes to make look bigger

Question 16

peristyle

Answer 16

colonnades walkway 
shade to walk in 
marble discs - oscilla - catches light flashes sun 
H. of Vettii
fountains statues

Question 17

planting

Answer 17

formally laid out
plaster casts of cavities of trees
octavius quartio

Question 18

water features

Answer 18

long canal and fountain - H of Octavius Quartio
pool
importance spending time outdoors
let light into house