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What are roman housing blocks called?

Roman housing blocks are called "insulae" from the Latin word for island.


What was a roman home called?

Roman housing blocks are called "insulae" from the Latin word for island.


What was the center of activity in roman cities called?

The center of activity in a Roman city was called a forum.


What is roman homes made out of?

The detached house of the rich (domus) was made of stone. The apartment blocks (insulae) were made with bricks or with concrete with a facing in bricks


What was a roman patricians house called?

A patrician's house was called a domus, the same as any other Roman house. In ancient Rome, a house was a house, its size didn't give it a special name. The only special indication of housing was the "insulae" or apartment houses, which connoted multi-family dwellings rather than private homes for one family.


Where did roman women live?

Roman women lived at their father's or their husband's home, in the domus (detached house) if they were rich or in the insula (apartment blocks) if they were poor. Roman women were wards of their fathers until they got marred.


What is the font of Mary Tyler Moore's famous letter M on her apartment wall?

I believe the font is called Baskervald ADF Std Bold. It is NOT Times New Roman.


What were the roman channels what brought water to cities and towns around the empire?

these channels were called aqueducts


What were Roman cities and town called during the Roman empire?

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What is the name of a roman building?

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What is the roman cenaculum?

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What were the Roman channels called that brought water to the cities called?

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