The unique structure of the portal of the late antiquity residence, which is reminiscent of the Roman triumphal arches, was characterised by three passages covered with semicircular vaults. It is unrivalled by other private Roman villas of the same period consisting of a single entrance. One exampl...

A term borrowed from linguistics, it is used to mean when two or more parts are placed next to or alongside each other, so as to form a composition that alters the overall form and creates a contrast....

The triclinium can be considered the dining room of the Roman domus, and refers more to a reception room for guests. Its name comes from its furniture, consisting of lecti triclinaris, i.e. large sofas that could accommodate up to three people, where the Romans would eat lying down. The hall, which...

The triclinium can be considered the dining room of the Roman domus, and refers more to a reception room for guests. Its name comes from its furniture, consisting of lecti triclinaris, i.e. large sofas that could accommodate up to three people, where the Romans would eat lying down. The hall, which...

The large quadrangular atrium in the centre of the house is the peristyle. It is surrounded by a portico that connects and gives access to the various rooms of the Roman domus. The peristyle usually includes a garden embellished with statues, fountains and resting places. ...

The large quadrangular atrium in the centre of the house is the peristyle. It is surrounded by a portico that connects and gives access to the various rooms of the Roman domus. The peristyle usually includes a garden embellished with statues, fountains and resting places....

The peristyle is the colonnaded portico, quadrangular in shape, that connects and gives access to the various rooms of the Roman domus. The peristyle encloses a garden within it, usually embellished with statues and fountains....

The Antonine Itinerary is a collection of routes that cross every region in the Roman Empire, from Britannia to Byzantium. Its purpose has been the subject of various interpretations, perhaps as a testimony of the Roman mail system or a record of a series of imperial journeys. This important documen...

The Antonine Itinerary is a collection of routes crossing every region in the Roman Empire, from Britannia to Byzantium. Its purpose has been the subject of various interpretations, perhaps as a testimony of the Roman mail system or a record of a series of imperial journeys. T his important documen...

The vestibule constitutes the entrance or antechamber of the Roman house, but over time its location has differed in different kinds of dwellings. In the domus italica with an atrium and hortus and in the Hellenistic domus, both found in the Republican period, there is a consecutive succession of r...