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What is the hortus?
garden
100
I am a place where things can grow and flourish. I am carefully tended to. What am I?
hortus
100
You can only find this in a hortus.
fish ponds
100
What was the impluvium used for?
to collect 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
impluvium
water basin
200
The word domus means...?
house
200
What were their safes/strongboxes made of?
wood and metal
200
Could people swim in the impluvium?
no
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
The triclinium was the
dining room
300
What is the main room of the house?
atrium
300
How many couches/benches were in the triclinium?
three
300
In what part of the world is Rome located?
Italy
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
In Latin this is called lararium.
the shrine
400
Where would they have important meetings?
tablinum
400
This object was often located in or next to the kitchen.
latrina / toilet
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 are the cubicula?
bedrooms
500
the entrance/ doorway
ianua
500
What were the common colors of the walls?
red, orange, blue
500
What was the use for the compluvium?
let in rain, air, and light
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