roman villas Flashcards
where were villas normally located
roughly along the routes of the roman roads
what were houses like in Britain before the Romans
roundhouses-
dark,fire in the middke,multi generational families living in one
animals living inside
what did more simple/less developed designs look like
one/two corridors connecting all the rooms
less advanced rooms
internal courtyard
set of baths
(just an idea not exactly accurate)
what would a wealthier/more developed roman villa look like
complex/bigger set of baths/ multiple sets of baths
cult/religious room underground
huge rooms
audience chamber to welcome visitors
stairs- many different levels
what would a typical (1st stage) casa villa look like
single storey building
2/3 small rooms with connecting inner doorways- wooden at first and later strengthened by flint and mortar
veranda outside to protect from the weather
what would atypical (2nd stage) corridor house look like
veranda replaced by a corridor running the length of the house
new wing added
give an example of a courtyard villa
North Leigh Villa
give an example of a winged corridor house
mansfield woodhouse
what would a “H” indicate
a hypocaust
what was an (common) aisled buidling
beginning= probably a barn
turned into/ was inspiration for religious buildings
maybe divided into smaller buildings
what was a hypocaust
underfloor heating- floor on stilts, heat coming from furnace in the ground
what would a corridor villa design be like (roughly- based off of north leigh villa)
range of buildings of each of 3 sides of a rectangle
corridor and gatehouse on 4th side
early- 3 buildings
3rd cent- south west and north west wings added
4th cent- wings extended- 3 bath suites, mosaics ,hypocaust
