Today was a very much needed day. We were back in Rome, home as we call it, and we were able to just relax and catch up on sleep and work. Besides going to the Billa for some food, that is all I did: sleep and catch up on work. At six, we did have class though. In religion, one of the things we talked about was the Roman Domus.
First is the entryway, which has guard dogs, mosaics, frescos of something that would ward away evil (snake, fallis). Then the first major room is the atrium. Then there is the tablinum where the head of the household would sit at his desk. Early Christians would gather in the peristylium after a meal because it would be cool and would fir 30-60 people comfortably.This is what Dr. Bednarz' weebley says about the Domus:
Roman rich house or domus, was the usual housing for important people in each city. Perfectly described by architects, it was endowed with a structure based on distribution through porticated patios: the entry
Roman domus. Fauces- gives access to a small corridor -vestibulum-. It leads to a porticated patio -atrium-. Its center, the impluvium, is a bank for the water falling from the compluvium. At both sides -alae- there are many chambers used as rooms for service slaves, kitchens and latrines. At the bottom, thetablinum or living-room can be found, and close to it, thetriclinium or dining-room. This atrium gave also light enough to next rooms. At both sides of the tablinum, little corridors led to the noble part of the domus. Second porticated patio peristylium, was bigger and endowed with a central garden. It was surrounded by rooms -cubiculum- and marked by an exedra used as a chamber for banquets or social meetings. Weather or available room caused that houses had one or two floors. These chambers were -tabernae-: little shops belonging to the domus or else rented to other merchants.
Roman domus. Fauces- gives access to a small corridor -vestibulum-. It leads to a porticated patio -atrium-. Its center, the impluvium, is a bank for the water falling from the compluvium. At both sides -alae- there are many chambers used as rooms for service slaves, kitchens and latrines. At the bottom, thetablinum or living-room can be found, and close to it, thetriclinium or dining-room. This atrium gave also light enough to next rooms. At both sides of the tablinum, little corridors led to the noble part of the domus. Second porticated patio peristylium, was bigger and endowed with a central garden. It was surrounded by rooms -cubiculum- and marked by an exedra used as a chamber for banquets or social meetings. Weather or available room caused that houses had one or two floors. These chambers were -tabernae-: little shops belonging to the domus or else rented to other merchants.
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