roman housing 3.1 Flashcards
1
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domus
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A large Roman private house in a city or town
2
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insula
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The Romans name for a block of flats
3
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mezzanine
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an intermediate floor of a building opening to the floor below
4
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atrium
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The main rooms of the Roman domus where the family received friends and clients
5
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peristyle
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A colonnade garden within a Roman domus
6
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impluvium
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The pool in the centre of the atrium of a Roman domus that gathered rainwater
7
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compluvium
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An opening in the roof of the atrium to allow rainwater to fall into the impluvium
8
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triclinium
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A dining room in a Roman domus
9
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tablinum
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Reception room in a Roman domus often used as the masters study
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