Sources - Houses

Question 1

Tablinum

Answer 1

Large reception room - situated between atrium and peristylium

Question 2

Hortus

Answer 2

Garden

Question 3

Triclinium

Answer 3

Dining room

Question 4

Culina

Answer 4

Kitchen

Question 5

Cubiculum

Answer 5

Bedroom

Question 6

Latrinae

Answer 6

Bathroom, toilets

Question 7

Atrium

Answer 7

Hall

Question 8

Taberna

Answer 8

Room may be connected to house but can be used as a shop/inn/storage room

Question 9

Compluvium

Answer 9

Hole in the roof

Question 10

Impluvium

Answer 10

Where the water goes

Question 11

Fresco

Answer 11

Wall painting

Question 12

The classic Roman house of a wealthy Roman was divided into 2 parts. The first grouped around the __________ and the second around the _______________

Answer 12

Atrium

Peristylium

Question 13

The _________ and ___________ were perfect adaptations to the ________ of the Mediterranean. They were open to the sky letting fresh air in to circulate among the corridors and rooms.

Answer 13

Atrium
Peristylium
Heat

Question 14

In the _________, a small pool, the ______________ would catch the rainwater - whereas in the peristylium, the rain would water the __________

Answer 14

Atrium
Impluvium
Plants/garden

Question 15

The house was constructed to face inwards, meaning it generally had no windows at all. Where did it get its light from?

Answer 15

It drew its air and light from the openings of the atrium

and peristylium

Question 16

How many floors did a Roman house have

Answer 16

Normally 1 - If there was a first floor it was small and limited to a few rooms

Question 17

As the centrepiece of the house, the ________ was the most lavishly furnished room. What else did it contain?

Answer 17

Atrium
A little shrine to the household Gods (Lararium)
The household safe (arca)
Sometimes the bust of the master of the house

Question 18

The _____________ was the shallow pool sunk into the floor to catch the rainwater. Some surviving examples are beautifully decorated

Answer 18

Impluvium

Question 19

The tablinum was situated between the __________ and the ____________

Answer 19

Atrium

Peristylium

Question 20

The tablinum generally had no walls separating it from the _________ at all and little if any walls dividing it from the ____________

Answer 20

Atrium

Peristylium

Question 21

The tablinum was only separated from the atrium by a ________ which could easily be drawn back. And towards the peristylium it was separated by a __________ screen or wide doors.

Answer 21

Curtain

Wooden screen

Question 22

Why was the bathroom next to the toilet

Answer 22

Because water was needed for both

Question 23

Why would masters position the tablinum directly off the atrium facing the front door

Answer 23

So that they could welcome clients

Question 24

The triclinium was the dining room. Romans __________ while eating so how were the couches organised

Answer 24

Reclined

Couches would be grouped around a central table

Question 25

The ____________ would be decorated lavishly by wealthy Roman families and was used as a sign of their wealth and status. Some rooms contained pools and ___________. Walls were decorated with beautiful frescoes depicting scenes of __________ and ____________

Answer 25

Triclinium
Fountain
Hunting
Mythology

Question 26

The peristylium was in effect the __________ of the house. Though in the case of the Roman house, it was incorporated into the house itself and was usually surrounded by __________ supporting the roof

Answer 26

Garden

Columns

Question 27

What was grown in the peristylium

Answer 27

Herbs and flowers

Question 28

The peristylium could be used as a _________ area on sunny days. Small _________ and other ornamental artwork would adorn the space

Answer 28

Dining

Statues

Question 29

The walls surrounding the garden would also be ___________, typically with beautiful scenes from nature

Answer 29

Painted

Question 30

The cubiculums situated around the atrium tended to be __________ than those round the peristylium

Answer 30

Smaller

Question 31

To Romans, the cubiculums were apparently of ________ importance than the other rooms of the house. The floor mosaics often clearly marked out the rectangle where the _______ was to be placed

Answer 31

Less

Bed

Question 32

Sometimes in front of the bedroom there was a small antechamber, the procoeton, where a personal __________ would sleep

Answer 32

Servant

Question 33

Inside the taberna there normally was a floor added, cutting the the tall room in half to create two low floors, the upper floor being called the ________. These cramped flats housed the very poor, perhaps a poor client family loyal to the family who inhabited the house,

Answer 33

Pergula

Question 34

Typical subjects for paintings:

Answer 34

Mythology
Gods and Godesses
Hunting
Portraits
Nature
Egyptians
Food
Drama

Question 35

What is a bust

Answer 35

A statue of a head

Question 36

How did wealthy Romans decorate their houses

Answer 36

Sculptures
Busts of ancestors
Mosaics
Simple furniture (ivory, wooden)
Bright colours for walls (red was expensive and purple and black to show off)

Question 37

Poor families of the ____________ class (the lowest social class in Roman society) would live in one room above a __________. In larger cities like Rome they would live in ___________

Answer 37

Plebian
Taberna
Insulae

Question 38

In larger cities, poor families of the __________ class would live in an ___________: blocks of flats with three or more floors. These flats consisted of little rooms where a whole family would live. On the ground floor were little _______. The 3 most undermost floors were made of stone, everything above it was made of ______. Meaning __________ and _______ occurred frequently

Answer 38

Plebian
Insulae
Shops
Wood
Collapses and fires

Question 39

What sort of occupation would someone who lived in an insulae have

Answer 39

Construction workers

Manuel labour