what is roman housing like?

Answer 1

the first commercial apartment building were built in rome!!!!!the patricians house generally followed the plan of a rectangular "outer" series of rooms in a perimeter surrounding one or two central gardens which were open and exposed to the sky and the weather!!!porticos with various orders of columns(doric,ionian,and corinthian/or composites of each)would generally encircle these gardens and provide shade outside of all of the perimeter rooms and storage enclosures surrounding these interior retreats and personal gardens!!!many times tepidarium,caldariums and family bathswere included within these family compounds;and sometimes fountains graced the central areas!!colorful murals and "wet fresco" paintings and tile mosaics decorated the ceilings and walls and elaborate mosaics also were utilized on many floor and entry surfaces!!red tiles covered the shed roofs ;and water was collected and flowed through down spouts and was stored and utilized!!!palluses made of bronze with wings were many times affixed to the front gates to attract good fortune and fecundity for the family groups and their slaves and crops!!!!and business endeavors!!windows were small and high above arms' reach to ensure safety from theives and to keep the building unit safe and self-sufficient in times of war and seiges during civil strife and other dangers!!dogs frequently were kept as guards at the entrances...."caveat canem"beware of dog...signs were omni-present in the cities!!house slaves cooked ,stoke fires for the baths,gardened for foodstuffs,fished ,guarded family members and were tutors and teachers also...and were part of the household and generally were well-treated and could earn their freedom by labor,.great good offices or fine individual deeds in the families service!!

Answer 2

It's pretty crap. Most of it has fallen down or been turned into walls around fields. There are no walls, doors or windows anymore and the ground has been overgrown by grass, or in many cases, because the ground level has risen in the last two millennia, the houses are completely covered by layers of soil. And if you're expecting the original hypocaust system to still be in place you're fresh out of luck.

It's what a real estate agent would call 'a fixer-upper'.

Answer 3

Like most cities, posh houses above the city, some scruffy houses on the outskirts. High rises further out and larger estates out in the country. If you meant ancient Rome then it was pretty much the same with the exception of the high rises.

Answer 4

I'm going to assume that you meant: What WAS Roman housing like?
If so, check out the links below.

Answer 5

They were actually ahead of their time by building second story condos and such; unfortunately, steel reinforcement WAS NOT around then and during earthquakes, the houses would crumble in an instant.

Answer 6

OLD (if you're talking about roman 43 ad)

Answer 7

Not quite different from ours at the beguining of the XX century. They even had apartment buildings, Malls, even their Villas are a model for ours.

Answer 8

roman architecture hard to believe, huh?

Answer 9

Old and falling down now!