Roman Life - The House and its Furniture

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apartment building
insula
main reception hall
atrium
lets rainwater in
compluvium
shallow pool that holds rainwater
impluvium
alcoves on either side of the atrium
alae
court with columns surrounding the garden
peristylium
garden
hortus
entranceway from the street to the atrium
vestibulum
wax figures of faces of ancestors stored in the alae of the atrium
imagines
bathroom
latrinam
dining room
triclinium
bedroom
cubiculum
stool
sella
stiff high-backed chair
solium
table
mensa
lamp
lucerna
lamp stand
candelabra
water clock (marked the hours of the night as well as day and could be used in the house)
clepsydra
sun-dial (measured the hours of a day by the shadow of a stick or pin)
solarium
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