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Town House and Apartment
You entered the house (domus) through the vestibulum (#3) and passed through fauces (short corridor, #4) into the atrium (#1). The Atrium had an open section in the roof that allowed rain water to come through and fill a large basin call called the impluvium (#5).The cubiculum (#11) off of the atrium were the bedrooms. Some might have had a small antechamber where servant would sleep.The triclinium (#7) was the dining room. It would have a three sided or half-circled couch where people would recline to eat. The tablinium (#8) was the focal point of the domus as you entered through the front of door. It featured a table and functioned as an office.one could look straight through the atrium, through to the tablinium (#8), and on through the peristylium (#2) to the back of the house.At the back of the house, behind the tablinium (#8) was the peristylium (#2), the columned porch area.Moving back to the front of the house, there would be one or more rooms called taberna (#10). These rooms would be where goods were set out for sale, craftsmen would work, and where goods could be stored. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://krusekronicle.typepad.com/kruse_kronicle/images/2007/05/10/house1e.jpg&imgrefurl=http://krusekronicle.typepad.com/kruse_kronicle/2007/05/household_archi.html&usg=__PYQQiBQyQct6cjwbxEVJU35XjN0=&h=183&w=400&sz=19&hl=en&start=14&um=1&tbnid=aZc1CLyjZhaHKM:&tbnh=57&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Droman%2Bhousing%2Bdiagram%26hl%3Den%26um%3D1
