the roman house Flashcards
1
Q
open courtyard between street and door to house
A
vestibulum
2
Q
door way
A
ostium/ianua
3
Q
how were door hinges designed
A
one huge cylindrical hinge
4
Q
passage or entrance to atrium
A
fauces
5
Q
main room or center of house
A
atrium (cavum aedium)
6
Q
large basin for collecting rainwater
A
impluvium
7
Q
hole in roof that allowed rain and sun to pass through
A
compluvium
8
Q
wings off the atrium
A
alae
9
Q
what room contained imagines
A
alae
10
Q
wax busts of familiy’s ancestors
A
imagines
11
Q
dining room
A
triclinium
12
Q
how many couches in triclinium
A
3
13
Q
why was it customary to have several couches in the triclinium
A
for the change of seasons
14
Q
masters study
A
tablinum
15
Q
curtains
A
vela/aulaea
16
Q
folding doors
A
valvae
17
Q
how was the tablinum separated from other parts of the house?q
A
atrium- by curtains (velae/aulaea)
peristylum- by folding doors (valvae)
18
Q
passage between atrium and peristylum
A
andron
19
Q
shop where the household gods sold goods
A
taberna
20
Q
where were the taberna’s doors located
A
one to face the house, one to face the street
21
Q
bedroom for midday siesta
A
cubiculum diurnum
22
Q
small bedroom or sleeping quarter
A
cubiculum nocturnum or dormitorium
23
Q
large courtyard surrouded by columns
A
peristylum
24
Q
bathroom
A
latrina
25
where was the latrina always located
next to culina
26
kitchen (for slaves to cook)
culina
27
library
bibliotheca
28
large rooms that contained seats for lectures
exedra
29
where was the exedra located
side of peristylum, opposite the atrium
30
extra rooms (used as halls, saloons, parlors, etc.)
oeci
31
outdoor rooms for relaxation
diaetae
32
room for sun bathing
solarium
33
room or private chapel with shrines to gods
sacrarium
34
garden
hortus
35
formal elaborate garden
xystus
36
slave quarters
cellae servorum
37
where were cellae servorum located
off wings of peristylum
38
threshold
limen
39
extension of story over another, balcony
maenianum
40
stepping stones from street to house
pondera
41
type of atrium with roof formed by two pairs of beams crossing each other at right angles, forming a square compluvium and had no columns
tuscanicum
42
type of atrium with beams of the roof supported by 4 pillars at right angles
tetrastylon
43
type of atrium with beams supporting the roof by more than 4 columns
corinthium
44
type of atrium with roof sloping outward to gutters to catch rainwater, but still had a compluvium
displuvinatum
45
type of atrium with no impluvium or compluvium
testudinatum
46
what did testidinatum style houses use as compluviums
windows in alae
47
door
ianua
48
front door
ostium
49
doorkeeper
ianuarius/ostiarius
50
double doors
fores
51
back/side door
posticum
52
torch of wood/oil kept near the door
fax
53
bolts
pessuli
54
bars for fastening doors
serae
55
couch/bed
lectus/torus
56
bed post
fulcrum
57
what else was the fulcrum used as
head/elbow rest
58
marriage couch in atrium
lectus adversus
59
where was the lectus adversus located
in atrium opposite the ostium
60
foot stool used to reach bed
scamnum
61
seat with 4 legs and no back
sedile
62
stool for one person
sella
63
bench (sella for more than 1 person)
subsellium
64
curule seat with legs of ivory and could be folded up
sella curulis
65
up right, high-backed chair with solid arms
solium
66
chair with curved back and no arms
cathedra
67
chair with no arms and back was slanted at comfortable angle
cathedra supina
68
table
mensa
69
small table with one leg
monopodium
70
rectangular table with a raised rim for holding dishes
abacus
71
table with 3 legs
mensa delphica
72
semicircular dining couch
sigma
73
roman lamo that used oil
lucerna
74
used to hold luncerae
candelabrum
75
torch/lamp that hung from ceiling
lychnus
76
large metal stove that held coal and had large handles for carrying from room to room
foculus
77
cabinet or cupboard
ararium
78
strongbox or chest
arca
79
where was arca kept
tablinum
80
clock
horologium
81
sundial
solarium
82
staff on sundial
gnomon
83
when/where was sundial brought from
greece, 268 BC
84
water clock
clepsydra
85
unburned bricks
laterēs crūdī
86
what were laterēs crūdī used for
old blocks for walls
87
use of larged dressed stone laid out in horizontal
| rectangular courses as is done now on walls
opus quadrātum
88
what were opus quadrātum sometimes covered in
marble
89
why were opus quadrātum covered in marble
protect from weather and decorate
90
massive horizontal and vertical blocks of smaller blocks
opus āfricānum
91
use of concrete mostly in Classical times
opus caementicium
92
volcanic ash or lime used to make concrete
lapis pūtedānus
93
what was the best lava used for
roads
94
triangular burnt bricks that accompanied cement walls
| and made up the core or base of them
laterēs coctī
95
use of a concrete core wall with brike or tile facing
opus testaecum
96
use of bricks joined together by cement irregularly
opus incertum
97
use of bricks of equal shape and size
opus rēticulātum
98
use of long and short masonry blocks on walls
opus vittātum
99
mosaic on the interior of walls
opus vermiculātum
100
pieces of glass used in a mosaic
tesserae
101
window, hole in the wall
fenestra
102
closed shutters over tiny windows
iūnctae
103
subrectangular, slightly tapering tiles for rooving
tēgulae
104
tubes cut in half lengthways for covering flanges on the sides of
the the tegulae
imbricēs
105
decorated roof tiles
lacūs/lacūnae
106
stones, bricks and tiles pounded together
| and leveled by a heavy rammer
pavīmentum
107
what were floors of the poor made of
pavīmentum
108
heavy rammer
fistuca
109
what were used to heat rooms (2)
1. chimneys
| 2. furnace with pipes under the floor and through hollow tiles
110
patterned floor surfacing
opus sectile
111
waterproof lining for cisterns
opus signīnum
112
household gods
larēs et penātēs
113
cupboard god
lar
114
gods of ancestors
penates
115
dining couches
lectī trīclīniārēs
116
where were lectī trīclīniārēs located
triclinium
117
“the highest place”
locus summus
118
“the middle place”
locus medius
119
“the lowest place”
locus īmus
120
place of honor for the consul
locus cōnsulāris
121
where was the locus cōnsulāris located
the locus īmus of the lectus medius
122
where did the host sit
next to consul, the locus summus of the lectus īmus
