The aim is to map out all the different aspects of Rome so that it can be used as a teaching aid or a guide for those interested in the site.
Any input or contributions are greatly appreciated.
For scholarship on the city see the City of Rome Reading List.
Glossary
- Aedes – A temple.
- Ala – Wing or alcove opening to left and/or right of the atrium of a Roman house.
- Amphitheatrum – An amphitheatre.
- Apodyterium – A changing room of a Roman baths.
- Aqua – An aqueduct.
- Ara – An altar.
- Arcus – An arch.
- Athenaeum – An intellectual school.
- Atrium – The main hall of a Roman house.
- Augustales – local officials, usually freedmen, appointed in various towns for the worship of deified emperors.
- Balneum – A small private bathhouse.
- Basilica – Colonnaded public hall on the Forum, used for commercial transactions and dispensing of justice.
- Bibliotheca – A library.
- Caldarium – The hot room of a Roman baths.
- Capitolium – A temple dedicated to the Capitoline Triad; Jupiter, Juno and Minerva.
- Carcer – A prison.
- Castra – A fort, fortress or barracks.
- Caupona – An inn or tavern, which served hot food.
- Circus – A racetrack, usually for chariot racing.
- Cloaca – A sewer.
- Compluvium – An opening in the roof, which had below it, a water tank (impluvium) in the atrium floor.
- Columbarium – A tomb for storing cinerary urns, usually partially or wholly underground.
- Cubiculum – A bedroom.
- Curia – Senate house
- Domus – A house within a city.
- Fauces – Entranceway to a house, leading to the atrium.
- Fornix – A type of arch.
- Forum – A public square used for commerical and political purposes.
- Frigidarium – The cold room of a Roman baths.
- Horreum – A warehouse.
- Hospitium – An inn or lodgings.
- Impluvium – A water tank on the floor of the atrium, which had directly above it, an opening (compluvium) in the roof.
- Insula – An apartment block.
- Iseum – A temple to Isis.
- Lacus – A spring or lake.
- Lararium – A shrine to the household gods.
- Ludus – A school; a term often used for gladiator training schools.
- Macellum – A market.
- Mithraeum – A temple to Mithras.
- Murus – A wall.
- Nymphaeum – A ornamental fountain.
- Oecus – The main living room of a Greek house, introduced to Roman architecture along with the peristyle. Often used for dining.
- Officina – A workshop.
- Palaestra – An open area surrounded by covered porticoes used for wrestling and exercise, often forming part of a Roman bath complex.
- Peristyle – An open courtyard or garden surrounded by a colonnade.
- Piscina – A pool.
- Pistrinum – A bakery or mill.
- Pons – A bridge.
- Porta – A gate.
- Porticus – A portico.
- Posticum – A house’s second entrance, or backdoor.
- Rostra – A speaker’s platform.
- Sacellum – A shrine.
- Sepulcrum – A tomb.
- Stadium – An area for athletics competitions.
- Taberna – A shop.
- Tablinum – A study.
- Templum – A temple.
- Tepidarium – The warm room of a Roman baths.
- Theatrum – A theatre.
- Thermae – Roman bath complex.
- Triclinium – A dining room.
- Turris – A tower or turret.
- Ustrinum – A cremation area.
- Via – A street.
- Vicus – A neighbourhood.
- Villa – A house in the country.
