THE ROMAN HOUSE
This model is a composite version of an elite Roman house that might have existed in a seaside town along the Bay of Naples in the first century AD. It combines elements of various houses from the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum to recreate the home of a prosperous family. Half of the house has been cut away so that you have a birds-eye view of what aristocratic life in the Mediterranean was like 2,000 years ago. Although you see a bronze key and door knocker at the left of the information board, the main door of an elite Roman house was kept open all day, to allow pedestrians to look inside and see how many clients were waiting to speak to the patron of the house. Floor mosaics, such as the one that you see at the left, sometimes showed a dog with the caption CAVE CANEM*, or "beware of the dog."
In the lower right corner of the house you can see the dining room where. Roman men and women reclined on couches during dinner, while the children sat on stools. An early Roman cook book written by a master chef named Apicius* gives us a good idea of the types of dinners that would have been consumed. Dormice were a delicacy, and the taste of less than fresh food was disguised by an abundance of fish sauce. You can see everyday china in the form of red ware vessels, in the case at the right, along with an example of a lead pipe from a sophisticated plumbing system, on the information board at the left.
This model is a composite version of an elite Roman house that might have existed in a seaside town along the Bay of Naples in the first century AD. It combines elements of various houses from the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum to recreate the home of a prosperous family. Half of the house has been cut away so that you have a birds-eye view of what aristocratic life in the Mediterranean was like 2,000 years ago. Although you see a bronze key and door knocker at the left of the information board, the main door of an elite Roman house was kept open all day, to allow pedestrians to look inside and see how many clients were waiting to speak to the patron of the house. Floor mosaics, such as the one that you see at the left, sometimes showed a dog with the caption CAVE CANEM, or "beware of the dog."
In the lower right corner of the house you can see the dining room where. Roman men and women reclined on couches during dinner, while the children sat on stools. An early Roman cook book written by a master chef named Apicius gives us a good idea of the types of dinners that would have been consumed. Dormice were a delicacy, and the taste of less than fresh food was disguised by an abundance of fish sauce. You can see everyday china in the form of red ware vessels, in the case at the right, along with an example of a lead pipe from a sophisticated plumbing system, on the information board at the left.
In the lower right corner of the house you can see the dining room where. Roman men and women reclined on couches during dinner, while the children sat on stools. An early Roman cook book written by a master chef named Apicius gives us a good idea of the types of dinners that would have been consumed. Dormice were a delicacy, and the taste of less than fresh food was disguised by an abundance of fish sauce. You can see everyday china in the form of red ware vessels, in the case at the right, along with an example of a lead pipe from a sophisticated plumbing system, on the information board at the left.
