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1
Q

When?

A

2nd century BC - Samnite period

2
Q

When was the SAMNITE period?

A

200 - 80 BC

3
Q

Why was its position great?

A

North entrance to forum; main road; close to baths

4
Q

What was it a good example of?

A

Standard domus

5
Q

What is a standard domus?

A

Standard atrium - tablinum - hortus axis

6
Q

What is there evidence of in the eastern walls of the tetra style atrium?

A

Repairs after earthquake of AD 62

7
Q

What were the servants quarters like?

A

Dark and cramped - little furniture

8
Q

What was it named after?

A

Bronze statue of dancing faun

9
Q

Where was the bronze statue of the dancing faun?

A

Lip of the impluvium

10
Q

What was the purpose of the impluvium?

A

Catch rainwater

11
Q

How many square meters?

A

3000

12
Q

What did the house occupy?

A

An entire city block

13
Q

The 5 major parts?

A

Tuscan atrium, tetrastyle atrium, service rooms and coordioors, and the two peristyles

14
Q

It had tabernae, what was this?

A

Storefront shops

15
Q

It balneum, what is this?

A

Private bath system

16
Q

The private bath system was in the domestic wing, where was this?

A

Right of the entrance

17
Q

What latin message was the entrance decorated with?

A

Latin message “HAVE”