One then progressed back in the house.
To a tablinum, t-a-b-l- i-n-u-m which might function as a reception area.
And then you go beyond it, one would continue to a colinated backyard, or
a peristylium, a peristyle area.
Or an open air garden which was called an hortus, h-o-r-t-u-s.
Now within the house would be at least one dining room or
Triclinium t-r-i-c-l-i-n-u-m, triclinium.
As well as sleeping quarters where a cubicula, the cubiculum,
would be C-u-b-i-c-u-l-u-m.
There could also be a kitchen.
And chamber pots were also used in place of actually toilet
facilities with plumbing.
There would be a lararium,
L-a-r-a-l-i-u-m, or place of worship for the divinities of the house.
Which would also be the site of appropriate veneration of ancestors
of the family.
And this was located often near to the atrium.
Pompeian houses are currently being studied with the aid of computers.
In fact, why don't we pause for a moment and take a look.