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Sources for the Roman House ... Clarke, John R. The Houses of Roman Italy, 100 B.C.-A.D. 250: Ritual, Space, and Decoration. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991. ... Wallace-Hadrill, Andrew. Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994.
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www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/house_sources.html
www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/house_sources.html
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In early houses the hearth, which all its symbolisms of homeliness, was situated in the atrium the centre of the house and domestic life. But the more classic Roman houses don't have a hearth in the atrium. In fact it remains unclear where the highly symbolic hearth was thereafter moved to.
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www.roman-empire.net/society/soc-house.html
www.roman-empire.net/society/soc-house.html
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Roman houses were so well built, if you were rich, that many examples of Roman houses exist throughout the Roman Empire. If you were poor in Rome, you lived in simple flats or apartments - the inside of these places was symbolic of your lack of wealth. ... History Learning Site > A History of Ancient Rome > Roman Houses...
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www.historylearningsite.co.uk/roman_houses.htm
www.historylearningsite.co.uk/roman_houses.htm
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Roman houses evolved from the thatched-roof huts of the original Roman civilizations to the sumptuous villas of the late Empire. We can trace the evolution of these houses through allusions in literature, and especially through archeological remains.
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www.classicsunveiled.com/romel/html/romehouse.html
www.classicsunveiled.com/romel/html/romehouse.html
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Over the centuries, Roman houses developed into a unique and functional style all their own. ... Shops were a common feature fronting Roman streets, occupying the front portion of many houses and apartment blocks. In some cases, it seems as though the shops were deliberately designed into the buildings, but in many others...
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library.thinkquest.org/26602/romanhouses.htm
library.thinkquest.org/26602/romanhouses.htm
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The rich Roman people of the city lived in a "domus". That's a house with a second floor. When you enter, you first come in the "atrium". That's the big room, where they receive guests. In the roof is a small hole, ... 90% of the total population of the empire lived on the countryside. Some farmers lived in poor houses.
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library.thinkquest.org/22866/English/Architecture/huize...
library.thinkquest.org/22866/English/Architecture/huizen.html
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Roman Houses for Kids - where did people sleep? did kids have their own rooms? did people eat sitting at tables ... Roman houses for wealthy people, at the beginning of the Roman Republic, were a lot like the houses the Etruscans lived in. Most houses had a front door leading into an atrium (AY-tree-um), or courtyard,
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www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/architecture/houses...
www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/architecture/houses/houses.htm
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