Name Of Rooms

Question 0

Atrium

Answer 0

Reception hall

Question 1

Ala/ alae

Answer 1

Wing rooms at the end of the atrium giving access to the tablinium

Question 2

Compluvium

Answer 2

A quadrangular opening the roof over the atrium: rainwater flowed through this opening into a small pool (salarium)

Question 3

Cubiculum

Answer 3

Rooms used as bedrooms /sitting rooms

Question 4

Faucets

Answer 4

Hallway leading from the door of the house to the atrium

Question 5

Exedra

Answer 5

Oblong room/hall for entertaining guests

Question 6

Oecus

Answer 6

Small salon

Question 7

Hortus (plural – horti)

Answer 7

Gardens

Question 8

Peristyle

Answer 8

An open courtyard or garden area surrounded by a colonnade

Question 9

Portico

Answer 9

A walkway covered by roof supported by collumns

Question 10

Tabernae officinae

Answer 10

Shops/workshops found on the outside of a house

Question 11

Tablinium

Answer 11

Room or alcove off the atrium where family records were kept, possibly used as an office by owner

Question 12

Triclinium

Answer 12

Dining room . Some houses had a winter and summer dining room

Question 13

Vestibular

Answer 13

Entrance lobby