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O. ROMAN HOUSES
(3) Types of Roman Dwellings :
1. The Domus or private house – center of
family apartments.
Typical Parts of a Domus :
1)Prothyrum or Entrance passage
2)Atrium or Entrance court, open to the sky &
at the center is a “Impluvium” a water
cistern collector
Keystone
Voussoir
Archivolt
Intrados
Impost
Single Double Plinth Torus
Plinth mould
Forum_temple
Trojan Column
Roman Theater
Opus mixtum comprising Opus reticulatum edged
w/Opus latericium in the Roman theatre, Naples, Italy.
Opus spicatum, literally spiked work, is a type of masonry
construction used in Roman and medieval times. It consists
of bricks, tiles or cut stone laid in a herringbone pattern.
Opus incertum was an ancient Roman construction
technique, using irregular shaped and random placed uncut
stones or fist-sized tuff blocks inserted in a core of Opus
caementicium.
Opus reticulatum used on the exterior wall of
Hadrian's Villa
Opus Incertum Opus Craticum