Roman+Social+Life+-+The+Domus

http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/house.html

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.
 * **Sample Plan of a Roman House** ||
 * [[image:http://www.vroma.org/images/mcmanus_images/domus2.jpg width="609" height="235" caption="plan of domus"]] ||
 * **A** || **atrium** || **formal entrance hall** ||
 * **Al** || **ala** || **"wings" opening from atrium** ||
 * ** C ** || **cubiculum** || **small room; bedroom** ||
 * **Cu** || **culina** || **kitchen** ||
 * **E** || **exedra** || **garden room** ||
 * **P** || **peristylium** || **colonnaded garden** ||
 * **T** || **taberna** || **shop** ||
 * **Ta** || **tablinum** || **office; study** ||
 * **Tri** || **triclinium** || **dining room** ||
 * **V** || **vestibulum** || **entrance hall** ||

**[|Sources]**
[|Barbara F. McManus], The College of New Rochelle bmcmanus@cnr.edu //revised February, 2007//