Roman housing Flashcards
define insula
Roman term for block of flats
define domus
a large Roman private house in a city or town
what are the 4 prescribed sources for the housing topic
.Insula of Diana
.House of Wooden Partition
.House of Menander
.House of Octavius Quarto
where would Menander and Octavius Quarto be found
Pompeii
Where is the insula of Diana located
Ostia
where is the house of the wooden partition located
Herculaneum
What was a Mezzanine
an intermediate floor of a building open to the floor below
why could insula be dangerous
.poorly constructed and prone to collapse
.prone to fire
3 rooms found in a typical domus
Atrium: reception hall, main room where family received guests of clients
Triclinium: the dining room
Tablinum: used as the master’s study or main bedroom
kitchen: Often cramped with a cooking hearth
Peristyle: garden
where is the relief depicting Diana
the wall the the inner courtyard
what are three aspects that would be seen at Diana
.a roofless courtyard
.a number of shops on the ground floor each with their own mezzanines
.shared toilet facilities on each floor and a cistern to provide water
what might the atrium also contain
shines to the household gods
what was the impluvium
a rectangular pool in the centre of the atrium into which rain water fell from a opening in the roof
what was the compluvium
opening in the roof that allowed for water to fall though into the atriums impluvium
how does The house of Mender have its name
after the portrait of Greek playwriter on one of the walls of the peristyle
what is a peristyle
garden within a Roman domus
5 aspects in the wooden partition
.benches around the outside of the house for clients
.small windows looking out onto the street from the upper floor
.atrium decorated decorated red, black and yellow panels.
.carbonised wooden partition separating the tablinum from the atrium.
.shops bordering the house
what were the three frescos at Menander
.Menander
.one depicting theatrical masks
.portrait of Euripides
what were the paintings in the atrium of the house of Menander
3 scenes of the Trojan War
where was Octavius and why the name
On one of Pompeii’s main streets, named after a signet ring of Octavius Quarto found there
what was painted on the walls of the west of the pergola at Octavius
two scenes from Diana and Actaeon
questions to think about
the layout of each prescribed building?
explain the living conditions of poor Roman citizens?
what are the key rooms of a Domus and what are the uses?
differences between the lives of the rich and poor?
what was on the north wall of the pergola
hunting scenes
who was the fountain shrine at Octavius dedicated to
Diana and Actaeon
