House of Sallust, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 18 relations: Andron (architecture), Atrium (architecture), Cavaedium, Cubiculum, Domus, Fauces (architecture), Gynaeceum, Hospitium, Impluvium, Luigi Bazzani, Oecus, Patronage in ancient Rome, Peristyle, Pompeii, Samnites, Tablinum, Venereum, World War II.

2. Ancient Roman art

Andron (architecture)

Andron (Greek: ἀνδρών, andrōn) or andronitis (ἀνδρωνῖτις, andrōnitis) is part of a Greek house that is reserved for men, as distinguished from the gynaeceum (γυναικεῖον, gynaikeion), the women's quarters.

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Atrium (architecture)

In architecture, an atrium (atria or atriums) is a large open-air or skylight-covered space surrounded by a building.

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Cavaedium

Cavaedium or atrium are Latin names for the principal room of an ancient Roman house, which usually had a central opening in the roof (compluvium) and a rainwater pool (impluvium) beneath it.

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Cubiculum

A cubiculum (cubicula) was a private room in a domus, an ancient Roman house occupied by a high-status family.

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Domus

In ancient Rome, the domus (domūs, genitive: domūs or domī) was the type of town house occupied by the upper classes and some wealthy freedmen during the Republican and Imperial eras.

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Fauces (architecture)

Fauces is an architectural term given by Vitruvius (Arch.) to narrow passages on either side of the tablinum, through which access could be obtained from the atrium to the peristylar court in the rear.

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Gynaeceum

In Ancient Greece, the gynaeceum (γυναικεῖον, gynaikeion, from Ancient Greek γυναικεία, gynaikeia: "part of the house reserved for the women"; literally "of or belonging to women, feminine") or the gynaeconitis (γυναικωνῖτις, gynaikōnitis: "women's apartments in a house") was a building or the portion of a house reserved for women, generally the innermost apartment.

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Hospitium

Hospitium (ξενία, xenia, προξενία) is the ancient Greco-Roman concept of hospitality as a divine right of the guest and a divine duty of the host.

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Impluvium

The impluvium (impluvia) is a water-catchment pool system meant to capture rain-water flowing from the compluvium, or slanted roof.

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Luigi Bazzani

Luigi Bazzani, also called Il Bazzanetto, was an Italian painter, illustrator, and watercolorist.

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Oecus

Oecus is the Latinized form of Greek oikos, used by Vitruvius for the principal hall or salon in a Roman house, which was used occasionally as a triclinium for banquets.

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Patronage in ancient Rome

Patronage (clientela) was the distinctive relationship in ancient Roman society between the patronus ('patron') and their cliens ('client').

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Peristyle

In ancient Greek and Roman architecture, a peristyle (from Greek περίστυλον) is a continuous porch formed by a row of columns surrounding the perimeter of a building or a courtyard.

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Pompeii

Pompeii was an ancient city in what is now the comune (municipality) of Pompei, near Naples, in the Campania region of Italy.

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Samnites

The Samnites were an ancient Italic people who lived in Samnium, which is located in modern inland Abruzzo, Molise, and Campania in south-central Italy.

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Tablinum

In Roman architecture, a tablinum (or tabulinum, from tabula, board, picture) was a room generally situated on one side of the atrium and opposite to the entrance; it opened in the rear onto the peristyle, with either a large window or only an anteroom or curtain.

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Venereum

Venereum (after goddess Venus) was an element of ancient Roman private apartments found particularly in Pompeii.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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See also

Ancient Roman art

• Acrostolium
• Ancient Roman erotic art
• Ancient Roman furniture
• Ancient Roman pottery
• Ancient Roman sculpture
• Ancient furniture
• Art collection in ancient Rome
• Asarotos oikos
• Augustan and Julio-Claudian art
• Biga (chariot)
• Dragonesque brooch
• Early Christian art
• Early Christian art and architecture
• Flavian art
• Gallo-Roman art
• Gold glass
• House of Sallust
• House of the Centenary
• House of the Faun
• House of the Prince of Naples
• House of the Small Fountain
• House of the Vettii
• List of gold glass portraits
• Opus sectile
• Painting in ancient Rome
• Pompeian red
• Pseudo-athlete
• Roman art
• Roman funerary art
• Roman graffiti
• Roman mosaic
• Roman mosaics
• Roman portraiture
• Sator Square
• Severan art
• Trajanic art
• Velificatio
• Verism
• Xenia motif

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Sallust

Also known as House of Sallustius.