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Roman House and cultural institutions
Term | Definition |
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atrium | entry hall, very spacious, used as reception area |
compluvium | opening in the ceiling of the atrium to admit light, air, and rainwater |
impluvium | the pool directly underneath the compluvium. It caught the water. |
tablinum | the study or office of the master (to read- legere) |
peristylium | open courtyard with garden and columns, center of family living |
triclinium | dining room (to eat- edere and to drink- bibere) |
ientaculum | breakfast, the lightest meal for the Romans |
prandium | lunch |
cena | dinner, the main meal for the Romans |
cubiculum | bedroom (to sleep- dormire) |
culina | kitchen (to cook- coquere) |
insulae | apartment building most romans lived here from insula- island |
domus | town house, for the wealthy to live in the city |
spina | racing median of the Circus Maximus |
mappa | cloth used to signal race beginning , also napkin used at dinner |
auriga | charioteer |
apodyterium | changing room at the baths |
tepidarium | warm bathing pool |
caladarium | hot bathing pool |
frigidarium | cold bathing pool |
sudatorium | sauna or room for sweating |
palaestra | outdoor exercise area at the Baths |
Ave Caesar, morituri te salutamus! | Hail Caesar, we who are about to die salute you! |
Mymillones | gladiator with a fish on his helmet |
retaiarii | gladiator armed with net and trident |
Samnites | heavily armed gladiator with shield and sword |