RCL Housing

Question 1

Insula

Answer 1

vast majority
3-5 storeys
stairs from street
decorated doorways
brick faced concrete
shops w mezzanine level

Question 2

Insula of Diana at Ostia

Answer 2

glazed windows, wealthy, large apartments, rooms in communal area
relief of Diana
cistern, courtyard for light
shared toilets
yellow and red walls
4 storeys
some very small, poorly lit rooms, some w/ 4

Question 3

Domus

Answer 3

atrium, peristyle, impluvium, compluvium, shrine w wax masks and lares, triclinium, tablinium, culina, latrina
vivid colours and scenes on walls

Question 4

House of the Wooden Partition

Answer 4

Herculaneum
carbonised bed
benches for clients
red black yellow atrium walls
marble display table and fountain impluvium
wooden sliding door at to tab, bronze lamp
stairs to apartments

Question 5

House of Menander`

Answer 5

Pompeii
elaborate household shrine x2
Trojan war in recess
suit of baths
large peristyle
scene from Nile in green room
frescoes of Menander on peristyle, Euripides
2 service areas
large stable w wagon
atrium for steward or head slave
cellars and silver

Question 6

House of Octavius Quartio

Answer 6

Pompeii
stone seating for clients, ring w Octavius Quartio
impluvium w fountain jet and flower pot
small peristyle w 3 colonnades
4th side pergola overlooked garden
narrow canal, bridge, statues, Diana and Acteon, fish, Herc, Trojan war
outside triclinium - 2 couches w shrine
fountain shrine to D and A in garden
50 m garden