​Atrium
originally principle center room or courtyard of a roman house with a central opening in the roof
Compluvium
roof opening above atrium
Impluvium
in atrium of a roman house, basin set into the floor that catches the rain falling through the compluvium
Alae
alcoves(an architectural term for a recess in a room) at the sides of the atrium
Tablinum
a room with one side open to the atrium
Enfilade
a series of doors and/or windows aligned along a shared axis
Cubliculum
bedroom
Diaeta
daytime resting area
Insulae
majority of romans lived in relatiely crammed urban apartment houses called insulae
romans insulae was a building four or five floors high
Vila
surburnan houses and their land
several types and sizes