| A | B |
|---|
| via | road |
| vestibulum | open court in front of door |
| ianua | front door |
| ianitor | doorkeeper |
| fauces | narrow passage |
| taberna | shop |
| atrium | chief room |
| compluvium | quadrilateral opening on the center of the roof |
| impluvium | rain water fell into space hollowed in floor |
| lararium | where Romans prayed and sacrificed to lares |
| alae | alcoves/wings opened onto the atrium |
| imagines | wax busts of dead ancestors |
| cubiculum | bedroom |
| tablinum | master's office or study |
| arca | heavy chest which served as a safe for money and valuables |
| triclinium | dining room |
| mensa | table |
| lectus | couch |
| peristylium | open cout at rear of tablinium, plamnted with flowers, trees, shrubs. Surrounded by rooms |
| piscina | fishpond |
| latrina | toliet |
| balneum | bathing place |
| culina | kitchen |
| oecus | room for entertainment of large groups, like banquet halls |
| exhedra | garden-room |
| posticum | backdoor |
