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The house or apartment you lived in depended on status and wealth. The poor of Rome lived in small cramped apartments that were a combination of cement and wood. The roof of all houses were made with timbers holding a covering of titles or thatch. The apartments were multistory so if a fire broke out it would jump from apartment to apartment buring the whole area. The rich lived very well. The villas I have seen in Rome and Pompeii of the rich were built around an open atrium with all the rooms opening to it. Inside there was an space to receive visitors and this may also have a fountain. On either side of the visitor area was bedrooms and other rooms. The kitchen was to the back and separate from the main house to keep it from catching fire if one broke out. Slave cells ( these were a small room or cell with a bed) were also in the back and some wealthy also had cells of a brothel. I was in one villa in Sicily that was 65 rooms with inlaid floors of mosaics. It included a gym.

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