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Roman City Life
Quick questions on Roman housing: domus, insula and villa - OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation
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What is the villa?Show answer
A villa was a mark of wealth and leisure, a place to escape the noise of the city.
What is q1?Show answer
What were the compluvium and impluvium in a Roman atrium? [Knowledge recall]
What is q2?Show answer
Explain why most ordinary Romans did not live in a domus. [Short explanation]
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