The housing of Pompeii:
Pompeii's town:
Pompeii was a large Roman town in the Italian region of Campania which was completely buried in volcanic ash following the eruption of nearby Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D
The town was excavated in the 19th and 20th century
Pompeii had many large villas, most of which were built in the 2nd century
The typical entrance of these plush residences was a small street doorway with an entrance corridor that opened out into a large columned atrium with a rectangular pool of water (latex) open to the sky(caelum)
Movable screens (murus), often decorated with mythological scenes, separated rooms
Many houses had a private garden (hortus) with statues, ornate fountains, vine-covered pergolas, canvas awnings and the whole surrounded by a peristyle.
Other common features were a tablinum or hall space where archives and valuables were kept and there was also a place for the ancestor cult (alae) so much a part of Roman family life.
Most houses had a private garden in which a lot of the time the people would be gardening or have slaves gardening to make their gardens look nice and pretty
Many of the larger villas also had a permanent triclinium or eating area in the garden so that guests might dine outside on cushioned benches.
Ten such villas even had systems of small canals running between the diners so that as dishes floated past they could take their pick of the delicacies on offer.
Pompeii was a large Roman town in the Italian region of Campania which was completely buried in volcanic ash following the eruption of nearby Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D
The town was excavated in the 19th and 20th century
Pompeii had many large villas, most of which were built in the 2nd century
The typical entrance of these plush residences was a small street doorway with an entrance corridor that opened out into a large columned atrium with a rectangular pool of water (latex) open to the sky(caelum)
Movable screens (murus), often decorated with mythological scenes, separated rooms
Many houses had a private garden (hortus) with statues, ornate fountains, vine-covered pergolas, canvas awnings and the whole surrounded by a peristyle.
Other common features were a tablinum or hall space where archives and valuables were kept and there was also a place for the ancestor cult (alae) so much a part of Roman family life.
Most houses had a private garden in which a lot of the time the people would be gardening or have slaves gardening to make their gardens look nice and pretty
Many of the larger villas also had a permanent triclinium or eating area in the garden so that guests might dine outside on cushioned benches.
Ten such villas even had systems of small canals running between the diners so that as dishes floated past they could take their pick of the delicacies on offer.
5 Latin Words:
Hortus - Is a small garden witch sits at the back of the Houses in Pompeii
Aqus - The water that sits in the small pool that catches rain water and that sits in the entrance of the house
Caelum - Is the sky
Alae - Is the ancestors cult, like a wing.
Murus - is a wall, A moveable screen that people in pompeii used to get changed behind an use for decoration
Aqus - The water that sits in the small pool that catches rain water and that sits in the entrance of the house
Caelum - Is the sky
Alae - Is the ancestors cult, like a wing.
Murus - is a wall, A moveable screen that people in pompeii used to get changed behind an use for decoration