Typically, the layout of a Roman domus was divided into two primary sections: thepars urbana, or public part of the house, and thepars rustica, which contained the more private living quarters, and included thekitchen (culina), servants' quarters, and sometimes a small garden or orchard. As...
either in terms of a partitioned city or in some form of a cooperative sovereignty. The hope that future governance of the city can be resolved in a just manner in the framework of a negotiated agreement between the parties remains the outstanding desire of the international community as well...
A cella is used to house the image of the deity or god to who a temple is built to dedicate and worship. Worshippers and visitors would often leave sacrifices or offerings to the deity and its image within the cella. What was the purpose of Roman columns? Columns are usually meant to ...
Praetorium在新约中还有不同的译法:“公共大厅”(common hall)、总督府(governor's house)、审判厅(judgment hall)、彼拉多法庭(Pilate's house)、宫殿(palace)),有时也包括护民官的居住区、粮仓(horrea)(建在高台上,可以更好地防潮)、军械制造厂(fabricae)、医院(valetudinarium)、蓄水池、粮仓(horrea)建在...
Surprisingly, we have a very good idea of the layout of theroads in the empire due to a single source, theTabula Peutingeriana. Also known as Peutinger’s Table, it is an illustrated road map of the Roman world, dating back to the 4th or 5th century but surviving only in a medieval...
The layout of Roman baths contained other architectural features of note. Because wealthy Romans brought slaves to attend to their bathing needs, the bathhouse usually had three entrances: one for men, one for women, and one for slaves. The preference of symmetry in Roman architecture usually mea...
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The entire layout of the house reveals the adoption of a “Greek” lifestyle. Luxury and pleasure could be associated with the evocation of the heroic deeds of great leaders, as suggested by the presence of the above-mentioned mosaic of the Battle of Alexander against Darius (Pesando 1996; ...
The importance of the city is also reflected in the size and monumentality of the Hellenistic urban layout, which was maintained with few changes until the end of antiquity. The public areas and monuments of the Hellenistic-Roman city have been the subject of archaeological investigations for over...
Rooms 19, 20, and 21 (Figure 6) might have had a different layout, as differences in their sizes can be observed. Room 19 (Figure 6) might have been a hallway. Other small dependencies can be observed on the southeastern corner of the building toward the interior (Figure 6, red arrows...