Roman Houses

Most Romans lived in luxurious homes.

• true

• false

A super-rich Roman lived in a house called a ...

• villa

• domus

• insula

In a villa, families gathered for morning prayers in the ...

• culina

• cubiculum

• atrium

In the villa, meals were prepared by slaves in the ...

• triclinium

• culina

• latrina

In the villa, the bedroom was called ...

• cubiculum

• culina

• ianua

Dinners at the villa could last for hours.

• true

• false

Gardens in the villa were in the center of the house.

• true

• false

Dining rooms in Rome had four couches instead of chairs.

• true

• false

Roman homes had ___ front yards.

• large

• small

• no

Check off all the things Roman villas might have in the peristylium.

• fountains

• fish ponds

• fruit trees

• barbecue pits