Sources - Houses Flashcards
Tablinum
Large reception room - situated between atrium and peristylium
Hortus
Garden
Triclinium
Dining room
Culina
Kitchen
Cubiculum
Bedroom
Latrinae
Bathroom, toilets
Atrium
Hall
Taberna
Room may be connected to house but can be used as a shop/inn/storage room
Compluvium
Hole in the roof
Impluvium
Where the water goes
Fresco
Wall painting
The classic Roman house of a wealthy Roman was divided into 2 parts. The first grouped around the __________ and the second around the _______________
Atrium
Peristylium
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.
Atrium
Peristylium
Heat
In the _________, a small pool, the ______________ would catch the rainwater - whereas in the peristylium, the rain would water the __________
Atrium
Impluvium
Plants/garden
The house was constructed to face inwards, meaning it generally had no windows at all. Where did it get its light from?
It drew its air and light from the openings of the atrium
and peristylium
How many floors did a Roman house have
Normally 1 - If there was a first floor it was small and limited to a few rooms
As the centrepiece of the house, the ________ was the most lavishly furnished room. What else did it contain?
Atrium
A little shrine to the household Gods (Lararium)
The household safe (arca)
Sometimes the bust of the master of the house
The _____________ was the shallow pool sunk into the floor to catch the rainwater. Some surviving examples are beautifully decorated
Impluvium
The tablinum was situated between the __________ and the ____________
Atrium
Peristylium
The tablinum generally had no walls separating it from the _________ at all and little if any walls dividing it from the ____________
Atrium
Peristylium
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.
Curtain
Wooden screen
Why was the bathroom next to the toilet
Because water was needed for both
Why would masters position the tablinum directly off the atrium facing the front door
So that they could welcome clients
The triclinium was the dining room. Romans __________ while eating so how were the couches organised
Reclined
Couches would be grouped around a central table
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 ____________
Triclinium
Fountain
Hunting
Mythology
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
Garden
Columns
What was grown in the peristylium
Herbs and flowers
The peristylium could be used as a _________ area on sunny days. Small _________ and other ornamental artwork would adorn the space
Dining
Statues
The walls surrounding the garden would also be ___________, typically with beautiful scenes from nature
Painted
The cubiculums situated around the atrium tended to be __________ than those round the peristylium
Smaller
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
Less
Bed
Sometimes in front of the bedroom there was a small antechamber, the procoeton, where a personal __________ would sleep
Servant
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,
Pergula
Typical subjects for paintings:
Mythology Gods and Godesses Hunting Portraits Nature Egyptians Food Drama
What is a bust
A statue of a head
How did wealthy Romans decorate their houses
Sculptures Busts of ancestors Mosaics Simple furniture (ivory, wooden) Bright colours for walls (red was expensive and purple and black to show off)
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 ___________
Plebian
Taberna
Insulae
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
Plebian Insulae Shops Wood Collapses and fires
What sort of occupation would someone who lived in an insulae have
Construction workers
Manuel labour
