Did Romans have bedrooms

Answer 1

The dining room of the Romans (triclinium) had three couches (lectus triclinaris) around a round table (mensa) and arranged in the shape of a horseshoe to make it easier for the slaves to serve. The diners ate reclining. The couches could host up to three people.

This applied to the detached house of the rich (domus). The poor had neither kitchen no dining room and ate outdoors

Answer 2

The homes of upper middle class and nobility in the towns were elaborate. The exteriors had no windows, only walls. There was a vestibule entrance into the atrium which was open above, and usually planted. Directly across the atrium was the tablinum, the home-owner's "office" The kitchen areas and where guests were received.

Directly behind the office was the peristylum, surrounded by pillars and gardens where there was usually a small pond were beyond and was the larger exterior part of the house. The entire house was built on a rectangular structure.

There was also a small private entrance for servants on the side of the house, which the owners used when they wanted to leave unnoticed. Senators and the very wealthy also had elaborate villas in the countryside, built more or less on the same floor-plan but with elaboration.

Answer 3

Roman hotels ("apartment buildings") were known as insula(island in Latin). The bottom floor consisted of shops and stores for the convenience of the citizens. The upper levels contained the rooms, which were typically constructed of wood and had large windows. The rooms were small and the inhabitants dumped their trash (human waste, unused food, etc.) out the windows onto the street below, which was a cause to disease in ancient Rome. This is also believed to be the cause of the Bubonic Plague of the 1300's; horrible living conditions.

Answer 4

Judging from the remains at Pompeii and Herculaneum, the bedroom or "cubiculum" of the Romans was quite small by our standards. The bed was generally set against a wall and appeared to have a permanent place there with indentations in the floor where it should be. The walls (depending on the wealth of the owner) could be decorated with murals, making the room appear to be larger. A trunk for clothing and a bench at the foot of the bed could be present if there were no separate dressing room. A chamber pot was essential.

Answer 5

Yes. A bedroom was known as the cubiculum.

Answer 6

very neat and had diamonds stuffed in the walls