The
Roman House
Alae -
“wings” from the atrium
Atrium
-
formal entrance hall
Cubiculum
-
bedroom
Culina
-
kitchen
Exedra
-
garden room
Peristylum
-
colonnaded garden
Taberna
-
shop
Tablinum
-
office
Triclinum
-
dining room
Vestibulum
-
entrance hall (leads to the atrium)
Impluvium
-
pool for collecting rainwater, in the atrium
Compluvium
-
opening in the roof to let rainwater into the impluvium
Copyright
2003 by Gathi
Abraham and Mark Spreitzer