domus

Isaac Kremer/ January 14, 2018/ / 0 comments

Latin word for house. A Roman detached, one-family house with rooms grouped aroudn one, or frequently two, open courts. The first, the atrium, was used for entertaining and conducting business; the second, usually with a garden and surrounded by a peristyle or colonnade, was for the private use of the family. (Janson, 1997)