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they were usually 4 or 5 storys high. There were shop on the bottom floor

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The insulae were built using wood. People could not cook in them because of the risk of fire. People eat in the fast food restuarants [therompolia] that were all over Rome.

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the insuale were located in the citys and the towns.

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this is whre the Romans ate their meals. It is calle a triclinim because their were 3 couches[lectus]. they would lie on the lectus as they ate

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In the atrium there is a hole in the roof and under the whole there is a small pool

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In a Domus there were many rooms. These included:
Atrium
Triclinium
Peristyle [walled garden]
Impluvium [shallow pool]
Slave quarters

The front rooms sometimes opened onto the street and were used as shops.

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Patricians lived in a villa. These were in the country side

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Patricians lived in a villa. These were in the country side

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plebians [poorer romans] lived in a insulae. The higher the apartments in the insulae went the cheaper they got this is because of the risk of fire

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Patricians [rich romans] lived in a Domus. These were town houses.

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Sample Plan of a Roman House

C
cubiculum

small room; bedroom

Click on the rooms in this plan for more information about each area of the Roman house. If your browser does not support image maps, click on this list: atrium, cubiculum, culina, exedra, peristylium, taberna, tablinum, triclinium, vestibulum.

This reconstructed model of the House of the Tragic Poet in Pompeii shows the exterior of the house from the front, the back and one side. See also this composite model from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology.

Barbara F. McManus, The College of New Rochelle
revised February, 2007

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Sample Plan of a Roman House C cubiculum small room; bedroom Click on the rooms in this plan for more information about each area of the Roman house. If your browser does not support image maps, click on this list: atrium, cubiculum, culina, exedra, peristylium, taberna, tablinum, triclinium, vestibulum.