Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 128
b), till it ended with a rectangular openingabove a great water basin (the compluviurri). The alee, how-ever, had become so incorporated with family customs — theywere in particular the place for the portraits of the familyancestors—that they remained an established constituent ofthe Roman house.… … Fio. 25. —Plans of Greek and Roman houses. a, Greek house: peristyle and prosta3. b, Roman house: atrium, ate, and tablinum.c, Roman house : peristyle — atrium. The old type of Roman house was with the beginning of theEmpire relegated exclusively to the country; with it we havenothing to do, since…
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