English Rooms
Latin Rooms
Objects
Uses
Pictures
100
impluvium
water basin
100
I am very pretty outside and you can see plants and statues. What am I?
hortus
100
This object was often located in or next to the kitchen.
latrina / toilet
100
What was the impluvium used for?
a tank to store water for household uses
100
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
200
The triclinium was the
dining room
200
The word domus means...?
house
200
Where might you put a fountain in a Roman domus?
hortus
200
What was the use for the compluvium?
let in rain, air, and light
200
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
300
In Latin this is called lararium.
the shrine
300
What is the main room?
atrium
300
How many couches/benches were in the triclinium?
three
300
Could people swim in the impluvium?
no
300
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
400
What are the cubicula?
bedrooms
400
What is the Latin word for office or the study?
tablinum
400
Were the Roman houses as big as our houses?
No, they were much bigger.
400
Why was there a dog outside?
as a guard/security
400
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
500
What would you find connect to the peristylium with all the fancy columns?
kitchen, toilet, summer dining room, slave quarters, and storage
500
the entrance/ doorway
ianua
500
What were their safes/strongboxes made of?
wood and metal
500
Which room was used for family events and greeting visitors?
atrium
500
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