This is my term 3 Latin assignment "Roman Housing Project"

Rich Romans when they lived in the city usually lived in a "Domus" which was a house that typically had 2 floors.
1 Atrium
2 Peristylium
3 Vestibulum
4 Fauces
5 Impluvium
6 Ala
7 Triclinium
8 Tablinum
9 Exhedra/Oecus
10 Taberna
11 Cubiculum
12 Andron
13 Posticum
14 Bathroom
15 Cucina (kitchen)

1.When you enter one the first room you enter is the "Atrium" which was a big room which usually had guests in it.
2. A peristylum is a larger inner court of a roman house.
3. & 4. These are types of corridors.
5. In the roof of a Domus was a small hole which had a basin underneath it to collect rainwater, this is called the Impluvium.
6. The alae were small rooms around the Atrium.
7. The Triclinium is the Roman equivalent to a dining room.
8. The Tablinum is a large reception area usually not seperated from the other rooms with very many walls, sometime was seperated with curtains.
9. The Exhedra or the Oecus was a large dining room.
10. The Taberna was a small room which could be used as a shop.
11. The cubiculum is a bedroom.
12. The andron was a passageway from the atrium to the peristylium.
13. The Posticum is any entrance usually for the slaves to enter. It was sometimes used by visitors or the owner of the house if they wanted to get in or out confidentially.
14. "self explanatory"
15. Cucina is the kitchen.

1. Atrium.
2. Garden.
3. Bedroom.

Random Fact: there were around 120 bars/pubs in Pompeii which would sell wine, figs, dates and nuts in strange little holes in the counter.

Many rich romans had a "Villa" or a "country house" to go on holiday to. but the majority of them who had a country house owned a little Celtic styled house like the one in the picture below.

Only about 1 percent of Romans were rich enough to own a country house.
Many villas had bathing suites, underfloor heating and mosaics of mythological scenes. In the below picture is a mosaic found in a dining room floor of a villa.

There were usually 3 bathing rooms in a Villa, A "caldarium" which was a very hot room, A "tepidarium" which was a warm room and a "frigidarium" which was of course a cold room.