One of the three orders of classical architecture, catalogued and passed on by Vitruvius. The architectural order is a group of rules that characterises every building. There are three main orders: Doric, Ionic and Corinthian, to which the Composite order was later added. The architectural orders d...

One of the three orders of classical architecture, catalogued and passed on by Vitruvius. The architectural order is a group of rules that characterises every building. There are three main orders: Doric, Ionic and Corinthian, to which the Composite order was later added. The architectural orders ...

The Roman baths had a succession of rooms for the care and well-being of the body. Once past the entrance atrium, you could access the changing rooms, the apodyteria, which sometimes had stone benches leaning against the walls. In the late antiquity residence of the Villa del Casale, different roo...

The Roman baths had a succession of rooms for the care and well-being of the body. Once past the entrance atrium, you could access the changing rooms, the apodyteria, which sometimes had stone benches leaning against the walls. In the late antiquity residence of the Villa del Casale, different roo...

The tepidarium is a moderate temperature room, located between the rooms for hot and cold baths, to avoid sudden changes in temperature. In the late antiquity domus, this space had to be separate from the adjoining massage room preceding it by a solid entrance door, to maintain the right temperatur...

The calidarium or caldarium was the smallest and most intimate area of the thermal bath complex; round or quadrangular in shape, with hot water pools for several guests or even individuals. The room was positioned on the warmer sides, from east to south, to make the most of the sun’s heat. In the...

The structure is part of the two rooms juxtaposed to the thermal bath complex and built to allow access to the baths from outside, directly from the porticoed courtyard. The small apsidal hall is equipped with three openings: the first entry from the porticoed courtyard, the second to access the la...

The salutatio indicates the act of greeting and, by extension, visiting or offering a gift In its simplest meaning, it represents the morning greeting that the dominus or pater familias received from the clientes. The latter generally represented all people of lower rank who exercised a form of rev...

The salutatio indicates the act of greeting and, by extension, visiting or offering a gift. In its simplest meaning, it represents the morning greeting, received by the Dominus or the pater familias, expressed with the simple phrase Ave or Ave Dominus....

The clients generally represented all people of lower rank, who exercised a form of reverence towards their patron. Clients would go to the domus or villa of the Dominus early in the morning for the salutatio, a token of their respect and act of obedience and submission, to obtain the benevolence o...