Resume Domus Romana

On friday we started talking about the Domus Romana or roman house. I wrote a little bit more about it in the blog before so I will make it very short. 

Domus Romana

We enter the roman house through VESTIBULUM, which is a place for exchange between house owner and his clients. It is very public part so it has to be decorated very rich, to show the importance of the owner.

Vestibulum- entrance

Further part is called ATRIUM with impluvium in the middle and it is usually accompanying by the PERISTYLE with a columns. EXEDRA were the rooms where you could look into the Peristyle and Atrium path, on the both sides.

Atrium and Peristyle

TRICLINIUM and CULINA were the roman kitchen and dining room, also very richly decorated and usually very big room, for many guests of the owner. It has U-form in the corner for the bar.

Triclinium with a view into Peristyle

 

TABLINUM was also very important place- it was the office of the owner and therefore also a bit larger than other rooms- it had very public function for negotiations. The bigger form of the Tablinum was OECUS- it was meant for the big events.

Tablinum

Some of the richly houses also had their own TERMAS. They could be private or public, with Hypocaust system of heating. They can be recognized because of the Marmor in the ground.

Termas

 

A lot can be also recognized through the MOSAICS, which showed the gods,hunt,personal interest or also a job of the owner and were made with the technique of OPUS SECTILE- materials were cut and laid into the floor. Houses were made in the technique of OPUS AFRICANUM.

Mosaic of hunting

Virtual Roman house