Stage 1 Quia page for Stage 1
Lucius Caecilius Iucundus
resident of Pompeii, first century A.D.
To visit this prominent Pompeian banker's
home, click on the underlined links below.
Use the "back" button to return here.
Caecilius's house on Via Stabia
Underground storage in Caecilius's house?
Caecilius's lararium depicting effects of earthquake in 62 A.D.
Pompeii:Houses, Gardens and Paintings
Roman
cubiculum
on display
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Note the matching footstool and sleeping couch.
The view from the atrium to the
peristylium
The compluvium above lets light into the atrium.
The impluvium below collects rainwater used by the household.
Go to the House of the Faun in Pompeii and take a look at the QuickTime reconstruction of the house.
**Homework Assignment:
The
Roman House
This site has a colorful diagram of
a Roman house. There are links to additional pages with information
about each part of the house. After you have visited this site, write
the answers to the questions below in a mail document and e-mail it
to me. Use the "Back" and "Forward" buttons to navigate easily
between the pages. Click here:
chilsonl@kingphilip.org
to mail me your answers to the three questions below.
Quaestiones:
1. Which feature of a Roman home is missing from the diagram?
2. Name two areas or rooms of the house that are shown on this
website, but NOT mentioned in our textbook.
3. Choose one of the areas you listed above and give some detail
about it.
You will need to click on the diagram to get to the
information.
Stage 1 Practice: Parts of the Roman House
Lucius Caecilius
Iucundus:What's
in a Name?
Did your family give you a Latin name? Do you have a new pet to
name?
Visit this site to get some ideas.