roman houses Flashcards
insula
big apartment complex, poor or wealthy young men
villa
single fam home - wealthy - enslaved ppl
poor house
mud hut - lasted not very long
domus
low end millionaire house
pompeii
town destroyed because on mount Vesuvius
Vesuvius
volcano - erupted so hard that rock fell to ground and destroyed the city.
date of eruption for MV
79 CE
ianua
door
ianitor
doorman
taberna
shop front of house
fauces
entrance
atrium
large open space, fancy, pool with compluvium
pluvia
rain
impluvium
the pool in atrium
compluvium
open roof for water in the pool
lares
household gold
ala
room off atrium, “wing”
lararium
worship place - has household gods
tablinum
study/office
patronus
leader - does clients favors
clients
ask for favors such as:
- loaning money
- good marriage
- good job/occupation
triclinium
dining room - rich ppl had winter and summer one.
cubuculum
bedroom - boring room
peristylium
columned walk way, perimeter of hortus
hortus
garden with peristyle
piscina
fish pond
exhedra
room off peristylium - idk
culina
kitchen
latrina
toilet - outhouse - public mens bathroom
how does latrina work
you use the restroom, water runs in and washes stuff down into pipes, wash butt with the sponge on a stick