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What is the hortus?

garden

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I am a place where things can grow and flourish.  I am carefully tended to. What am I?

hortus

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You can only find this in a hortus.

fish ponds

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What was the impluvium used for?

to collect water for household uses

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By Szilas - Own work photo by Szilas in the Aquincum Museum, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26742266

What room is this?

dining room/ triclinium

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impluvium

water basin

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The word domus means...?

house

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What were their safes/strongboxes made of?

wood and metal

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Could people swim in the impluvium?

no

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By Lutz Hartmann - Own work (Original text: eigene Aufnahme), CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23238893

What is this feature in the middle of the atrium?

impluvium

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The triclinium was the

dining room

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What is the main room of the house?

atrium

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How many couches/benches were in the triclinium?

three

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In what part of the world is Rome located?

Italy

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By Carole Raddato - https://www.flickr.com/photos/carolemage/48755129288/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=91047753

In what space can this table be seen?

tablinum or at the end of the atrium

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In Latin this is called lararium.

the shrine

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Where would they have important meetings?

tablinum

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This object was often located in or next to the kitchen.

latrina / toilet

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Why was there a dog outside?

as a guard/security

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By Luigi Bazzani - https://pinterest.com, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=81744678

What is this feature in the corner or side of the atrium?

lararium

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What are the cubicula?

bedrooms

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the entrance/ doorway

ianua

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What were the common colors of the walls?

red, orange, blue

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What was the use for the compluvium?

let in rain, air, and light

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CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=346254

In what part of the house would you find this?

on the atrium floor

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