| A | B |
|---|
| Ostium | Entranceway |
| Posticum | Rear exit |
| Taberna | The name for a shop - many houses and insula had shops in the front or the first floor |
| Cubiculum | Bedroom |
| Triclinium | Dining Room |
| Peristylium | Open-air courtyard near the back of the house - surrounding the piscina |
| Piscina | Pool near the kitchens often used for fish |
| Impluvium | Pool in the front of the house in or near the atrium |
| Compluvium | Slanted roof above the impluvium that funnelled water into it |
| Culina | Kitchen |
| Tablinum | Room in the center of the house used to store family archives and shrines |
| Atrium | Large reception area near the front of the house where guests would be received |
| Vestibulum | Entrance foyer between the ostium and the atrium |
| Fauces | Term used for narrow hallways |
| Alae | "Wings" side chambers - often found off the atrium or the tablinum |
| Exedra | Semicircular open-air extension off the back of the peristylium |
| Domus | The word used for basic single-family dwellings |
| Insula | Technically means "island" but is also the term used for Roman apartment buildings |
| Villa | The term used for manor houses or entire estate they are found on - can e in the country or the suburbs. |
