| A | B |
|---|
| insula means... | block |
| peristyle means... | colonnaded garden |
| Fiorelli responsible for... | scientific excavations |
| Fiorelli- everything to be left in the houses | everything to remain 'in situ' |
| pool | in the atrium |
| front rooms of big houses | usually converted into shops |
| Pompeii was not divided... | into rich and poor areas |
| houses do not all follow the basic design... | because the house had to 'fit' in the space of the insula |
| at the basic design at the back of the atrium there is the.. | tablinum = office, reception room |
| around the atrium there are.. | the bedooms |
| the house of the Faun... | takes up the space of a whole insula |
| at the basic design there was no.. | second storey |
| the walls of a Popeian house.. | were plastered and painted white |
| the bottom panel of the walls, about 2 metres high.. | was painted red |
| floor of the entrance.. | decorated with mosaics |
| one floor mosaic at the entrance of a house... | shows a fearful dog, and has the inscription: beware of the dog! |
| few windows at street level... | because of the fear of thieves |
| at nights doors were... | locked and barred |
| underneath the pool there is a ... | cistern to collect the rain water |
| the tablinum- office usually leads to the... | garden |
| only public toilets had.. | a proper sewage system |
| dining room | three couches sloping backwards placed on three sides of the table |
| summer | dining area in the garden |
| tableware were usually made of.. | bronze |
| the Pompeians did not use to have many.. | pieces of furniture in their houses |
| walls of the gardens often were.. | painted with outdoor scenes |
| the best preserved peristyle-garden is.. | at the house of the Vettii |
| the Vettii were... | two brothers, freedmen |
| at the house of the Vettii, the excavators.. | have replanted the garden |
| the Vettii made money through.. | merchantry, trade |
| the house of the Vettii is a combination of.. | at least two houses |
