THE ROMANS IN BRITAIN: Roman Villas

Question 1

What were houses in Britain like before?

Answer 1

Single round room for all activities (sleeping, eating, working, living)

Question 2

What were houses like in Britain after the Roman invasion?

Answer 2

Simple villas
4/5 rooms linked by a corridor
Rectangular
Build with timber and wattle + daub, stone slabs for roof tiles or thatch.

Question 3

Disadvantage of Roman Villas

Answer 3

More difficult to heat

Question 4

What would the grandest Roman villas look like?

Answer 4

Underfloor heating - Hypocaust
Mosaics
Baths
Living quarters for slaves
Shed for animals

Question 5

PSB source: Lockleys Villa First roman building

Answer 5

Simple villa
All rooms connected, no individual access

Question 6

PSB source: Lockleys Villa Second roman building

Answer 6

Corridor, more rooms
To save space

Question 7

PSB source: Winged-corridor villa

Answer 7

Winged
More privacy

Question 8

PSB source: Northleigh villa Courtyard villa

Answer 8

Large
Corridor all round

Question 9

Horace Satires: Town and country mouse

Answer 9

grand villa life is luxurious -> ‘coverlets, dyed with bright scarlet, gleamed above ivory couches’

‘many of yesterday’s dishes, in heaped baskets’ -> downsides, e.g. aftermath of party