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Daily Life: House
Daily Life and Culture of the Roman House
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10th Grade
03/19/2009
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Curule
 Definition
Magistrate's chair with a purple cushion
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Insulae
 Definition
Apartments
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Jugera
 Definition
5/8 acre
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Rustica
 Definition
Country house
Term
Palaestra
 Definition
Court for games and exercises
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Taberna
 Definition
Store in front of house
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Cubiculum
 Definition
bedroom
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Triclinium
 Definition
Dining room
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Impluvium
 Definition
Pool for rainwater
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Compluvium
 Definition
Hole in ceiling for rain water
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Tablinum
 Definition
study
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Lararium
 Definition
Shrine of household gods
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Latrina
 Definition
Lavatory
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Culina
 Definition
kitchen
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Peristylium
 Definition
Garden
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Imagines
 Definition
Ancestral masks or busts
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Alae
 Definition
Room of house holding the Imagines, Lares, and Penates
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Lectus
 Definition
Symbolic marriage bed
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Arca
 Definition
Chest of money
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Atrium
 Definition
Main room of the house
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Ostium
 Definition
Doorway
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Biblotheca
 Definition
Library
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Sacrarium
 Definition
Room for busts of gods
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Solarium
 Definition
Sundeck
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Solium
 Definition
Stiff high-backed chairs for patrons
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Cathedra
 Definition
Armless, curved back chair
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Monopodium
 Definition
One legged table
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Abacus
 Definition
Rectangular table with raised rim that held dishes
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Mensa Delphica
 Definition
Three legs, marble or bronze
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Clepsydra
 Definition
Water clock used at night
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