Now like its modern-day counterpart of a living room, the atrium was the semi ‘public’ area ( pars urbana) that was primarily used for entertaining the guests – and thus it was typically the most decorated section of the entire domestic scope. This central hall was the focal point of the entire house, and was accessed from the fauces (a narrow passageway connecting to the streets) or the vestibulum. The video starts off with what is known as the atrium section of the Roman domus. In any case, the resourceful folks over at Ancient Vine and Museum Victoria have given a go at virtually reconstructing the typical Roman domus of a ‘well-to-do’ family – and we daresay they have succeeded in portraying the dynamic internal layout of the Roman ‘domestic’ side of affairs. As can be deduced from these functions, the extensive domus were constructed for the higher middle-class Roman citizens – and even then there were no standardized forms of the ancient dwelling-type (though ‘on an average’, there were probably 8 domus per city block). Now beyond origins and influences, a typical Roman domus served as a dwelling for the Roman familia, while being (sometimes) used as a ‘personalized’ center for business and religious worship. From the historical perspective, the Roman domus (house) was oddly enough not exactly ‘Roman’ in its character rather it was possibly inspired by a few older Mediterranean cultures including the Etruscans and the Greeks – as is evident with the architectural focus on the central courtyard.
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