CLA233H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter Week 5: Tablinum, Roman Engineering, Oecus
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Cla233 week 5: roman cities and houses readings. Houses provided living accommodations for owners, children, relatives, and slaves. Space might also be rented out for shops and small apartments. House designs varied according to the owner"s professional needs: politicians large reception area, lawyer office space, salesman store space. Due to proximity and lack of privacy, people of all social classes and financial status interacted daily. Shelton 79: vitruvius, on architecture 6. 3. 3-8, 6. 4. 1-2, 6. 5. 1-2. Atrium the main reception area or salon of a roman house. Ala wing, small room off the atrium. Tablinum room or alcove off the atrium possibly used as an office. Fauces hallway leading from the door into the atrium. Ancestral images image made of wax of a distinguished ancestor, displayed in hallway or in atrium. Compulvium opening in the roof over the atrium, rainwater flowed through this opening into the: impluvium small pool. Peristyle an open courtyard or garden area surrounded by a colonnade.
