Ch 17 Domus

Match the following Latin housing terms with their definition.

• house

• domus

• apartment

• villa

• country house

• insula

Why do archaeologists call the house from the story the House of the Tragic Poet?

The owner conducted ​ ​ (a)   of his business affairs at home.

• some
• all
• none
• little

The owner of the house always owned the businesses attached to the building.

• True

• False

What are the Latin names for the things labelled in the picture?

b

c

a

tabernae

domus

fauces

ianua

tablinum

How tall were the doors to the House of the Tragic Poet?

• 10 feet
• 8 feet
• 12 feet
• 6 feet

Label the rooms of the house.

c

d

e

f

b

g

peristylium

fauces

tablinum

culina

atrium

triclinium

cubiculum

Match the following Latin names of rooms to their descriptions.

• room for conducting business

• tablinum

• the kitchen

• atrium

• garden

• culina

• the center room for welcoming guests

• triclinium

• the dining room

• hortus

There was an opening in the roof (​ (a)   ) to let in light and allow rain to fall into a marble-lined pool (​ (b)   ) directly below.

• compluvium
• impluvium
• atrium
• hortus

Draw a mosaic for the front of your domus.