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the roman house Flashcards

1
Q

open courtyard between street and door to house

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vestibulum

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2
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door way

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ostium/ianua

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3
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how were door hinges designed

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one huge cylindrical hinge

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4
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passage or entrance to atrium

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fauces

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5
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main room or center of house

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atrium (cavum aedium)

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6
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large basin for collecting rainwater

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impluvium

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7
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hole in roof that allowed rain and sun to pass through

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compluvium

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8
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wings off the atrium

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alae

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9
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what room contained imagines

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alae

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10
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wax busts of familiy’s ancestors

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imagines

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11
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dining room

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triclinium

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12
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how many couches in triclinium

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3

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13
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why was it customary to have several couches in the triclinium

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for the change of seasons

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14
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masters study

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tablinum

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15
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curtains

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vela/aulaea

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16
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folding doors

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valvae

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17
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how was the tablinum separated from other parts of the house?q

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atrium- by curtains (velae/aulaea)

peristylum- by folding doors (valvae)

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18
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passage between atrium and peristylum

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andron

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19
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shop where the household gods sold goods

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taberna

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20
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where were the taberna’s doors located

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one to face the house, one to face the street

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21
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bedroom for midday siesta

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cubiculum diurnum

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22
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small bedroom or sleeping quarter

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cubiculum nocturnum or dormitorium

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23
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large courtyard surrouded by columns

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peristylum

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24
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bathroom

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latrina

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25
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where was the latrina always located

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next to culina

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26
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kitchen (for slaves to cook)

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culina

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27
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library

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bibliotheca

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28
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large rooms that contained seats for lectures

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exedra

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29
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where was the exedra located

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side of peristylum, opposite the atrium

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30
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extra rooms (used as halls, saloons, parlors, etc.)

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oeci

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31
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outdoor rooms for relaxation

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diaetae

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32
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room for sun bathing

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solarium

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33
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room or private chapel with shrines to gods

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sacrarium

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34
Q

garden

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hortus

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35
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formal elaborate garden

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xystus

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36
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slave quarters

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cellae servorum

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37
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where were cellae servorum located

A

off wings of peristylum

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38
Q

threshold

A

limen

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39
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extension of story over another, balcony

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maenianum

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40
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stepping stones from street to house

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pondera

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41
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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

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tuscanicum

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42
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type of atrium with beams of the roof supported by 4 pillars at right angles

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tetrastylon

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43
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type of atrium with beams supporting the roof by more than 4 columns

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corinthium

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44
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type of atrium with roof sloping outward to gutters to catch rainwater, but still had a compluvium

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displuvinatum

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45
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type of atrium with no impluvium or compluvium

A

testudinatum

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46
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what did testidinatum style houses use as compluviums

A

windows in alae

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47
Q

door

A

ianua

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48
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front door

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ostium

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49
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doorkeeper

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ianuarius/ostiarius

50
Q

double doors

A

fores

51
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back/side door

A

posticum

52
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torch of wood/oil kept near the door

A

fax

53
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bolts

A

pessuli

54
Q

bars for fastening doors

A

serae

55
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couch/bed

A

lectus/torus

56
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bed post

A

fulcrum

57
Q

what else was the fulcrum used as

A

head/elbow rest

58
Q

marriage couch in atrium

A

lectus adversus

59
Q

where was the lectus adversus located

A

in atrium opposite the ostium

60
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foot stool used to reach bed

A

scamnum

61
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seat with 4 legs and no back

A

sedile

62
Q

stool for one person

A

sella

63
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bench (sella for more than 1 person)

A

subsellium

64
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curule seat with legs of ivory and could be folded up

A

sella curulis

65
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up right, high-backed chair with solid arms

A

solium

66
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chair with curved back and no arms

A

cathedra

67
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chair with no arms and back was slanted at comfortable angle

A

cathedra supina

68
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table

A

mensa

69
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small table with one leg

A

monopodium

70
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rectangular table with a raised rim for holding dishes

A

abacus

71
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table with 3 legs

A

mensa delphica

72
Q

semicircular dining couch

A

sigma

73
Q

roman lamo that used oil

A

lucerna

74
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used to hold luncerae

A

candelabrum

75
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torch/lamp that hung from ceiling

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lychnus

76
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large metal stove that held coal and had large handles for carrying from room to room

A

foculus

77
Q

cabinet or cupboard

A

ararium

78
Q

strongbox or chest

A

arca

79
Q

where was arca kept

A

tablinum

80
Q

clock

A

horologium

81
Q

sundial

A

solarium

82
Q

staff on sundial

A

gnomon

83
Q

when/where was sundial brought from

A

greece, 268 BC

84
Q

water clock

A

clepsydra

85
Q

unburned bricks

A

laterēs crūdī

86
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what were laterēs crūdī used for

A

old blocks for walls

87
Q

use of larged dressed stone laid out in horizontal

rectangular courses as is done now on walls

A

opus quadrātum

88
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what were opus quadrātum sometimes covered in

A

marble

89
Q

why were opus quadrātum covered in marble

A

protect from weather and decorate

90
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massive horizontal and vertical blocks of smaller blocks

A

opus āfricānum

91
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use of concrete mostly in Classical times

A

opus caementicium

92
Q

volcanic ash or lime used to make concrete

A

lapis pūtedānus

93
Q

what was the best lava used for

A

roads

94
Q

triangular burnt bricks that accompanied cement walls

and made up the core or base of them

A

laterēs coctī

95
Q

use of a concrete core wall with brike or tile facing

A

opus testaecum

96
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use of bricks joined together by cement irregularly

A

opus incertum

97
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use of bricks of equal shape and size

A

opus rēticulātum

98
Q

use of long and short masonry blocks on walls

A

opus vittātum

99
Q

mosaic on the interior of walls

A

opus vermiculātum

100
Q

pieces of glass used in a mosaic

A

tesserae

101
Q

window, hole in the wall

A

fenestra

102
Q

closed shutters over tiny windows

A

iūnctae

103
Q

subrectangular, slightly tapering tiles for rooving

A

tēgulae

104
Q

tubes cut in half lengthways for covering flanges on the sides of
the the tegulae

A

imbricēs

105
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decorated roof tiles

A

lacūs/lacūnae

106
Q

stones, bricks and tiles pounded together

and leveled by a heavy rammer

A

pavīmentum

107
Q

what were floors of the poor made of

A

pavīmentum

108
Q

heavy rammer

A

fistuca

109
Q

what were used to heat rooms (2)

A
  1. chimneys

2. furnace with pipes under the floor and through hollow tiles

110
Q

patterned floor surfacing

A

opus sectile

111
Q

waterproof lining for cisterns

A

opus signīnum

112
Q

household gods

A

larēs et penātēs

113
Q

cupboard god

A

lar

114
Q

gods of ancestors

A

penates

115
Q

dining couches

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lectī trīclīniārēs

116
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where were lectī trīclīniārēs located

A

triclinium

117
Q

“the highest place”

A

locus summus

118
Q

“the middle place”

A

locus medius

119
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“the lowest place”

A

locus īmus

120
Q

place of honor for the consul

A

locus cōnsulāris

121
Q

where was the locus cōnsulāris located

A

the locus īmus of the lectus medius

122
Q

where did the host sit

A

next to consul, the locus summus of the lectus īmus

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