Ancient roman homes.
Roman domus roof.
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The domus included multiple rooms indoor courtyards gardens and beautifully painted walls.
The homes of rome are mostly bare foundations converted churches or other community buildings.
Open space left in the roof of the atrium of a roman house domus for lighting and collection of rain water.
The triclinium was the roman dining.
The roman domus was much more than a place of dwelling for a roman familia.
It also served as a place of business and a religious center for worship.
The atrium was the central hall almost like a modern day foyer and it was the most conspicuous room in a roman domus it was open at the roof which let in light and air for circulation and also allowed rainwater for drinking and washing to collect in the impluvium a small draining pool in.
Much of what is known about the roman domus comes from excavations at pompeii and herculaneum.
While there are excavations of homes in the city of rome none of them retained the original integrity of the structures.
Cruma tough but porous igneous rock.
In ancient rome the domus plural domūs genitive domūs or domī was the type of house occupied by the upper classes and some wealthy freedmen during the republican and imperial eras.
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It was found in almost all the major cities throughout the roman territories.
The modern english word domestic comes from latin domesticus which is derived from the word domus.
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