![]() ![]() The peristyle was a garden located out in the open, but within the walls of the domus and was a display of luxury. ![]() The business ritual practiced in the tablinum was called negotium and salutatio. Although it was common practice for business to be practiced at many locations in the domus, the tablinum was the central locations for business transactions. The tablinum was situated between the atrium and the peristyle, or garden, and usually had no doors or walls on either side, which allowed the homeowner or guest to look straight down the axis of the domus and see almost everything (Nevett, 2005:5) This semi-open space also allowed the tenants to let air flow through the house for circulation on hot summer days. Most of the rain water caught by the impluvium went straight to the kitchen to be used for cooking and cleaning. The atrium had an open roof above it so that when it rained, the water would go into a basin called the impluvium and catch all of the rain water to be used in the pipes around the house. Decorations like paintings and mosaics were often found in this area (you can learn more about it in the "Decoration" tab.) The atrium is also where the homeowners could show off their genealogy with wax molds of deceased family members called imagines. ![]() One of the most popular and public rooms in the domus, the atrium acted as as a central hall where anyone who entered the house could venture into.īecause the atrium was such a public room, it was often highly decorated to impress the public and show the s tatus of the homeowner. Taberna, or the plural tabernae, were shops located at the front of the house open to passerby's on the street, but was not an entrance to the interior of the house These shops were constructed with barrel vaults and typically sold food, wine, and bread. The passageway lead from the street outside into the atrium. The fauces in the Roman domus acted like a foyer would in the modern world. ![]()
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