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Cubiculum

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38: 19: 84:. It was used for the functions of a modern bedroom, sleep and sex, as well as for business meetings, the reception of important guests and the display of the most highly prized works of art in the house. The 140: 88:
was used for quiet or secret meetings and could have been used as a library. It was also a preferred venue for murder and suicide. A room used only for sleeping was not classed as a
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Sessa, Kristina (2007). "Christianity and the cubiculum: Spiritual Politics and Domestic Space in Late Antique Rome".
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made it a place for contemplation and religious observance, especially when illicit. According to the
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Riggsby, Andrew M. (1997). "'Public' and 'private' in Roman culture: the case of the cubiculum".
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house occupied by a high-status family. It usually led directly from the
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Boscoreale
eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD

Metropolitan Museum of Art
room
domus
ancient Roman
atrium
peristyle
Constantine the Great
Christianity
confession
baptism
"Couch and footstool with bone carvings and glass inlays | Roman | Imperial | The Metropolitan Museum of Art"
Journal of Roman Archaeology
doi
10.1017/S1047759400014720
S2CID
164519645
Journal of Early Christian Studies
doi
10.1353/earl.2007.0038
S2CID
144601609
Categories
Ancient Roman architecture
Rooms

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