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ANCIENT ROME !! ROME HOUSES : During the Era, wealthy citizen could afford to live in their own private houses. A tipical town house was designed to look inward, with the room arranged around a centeral courtland and a walled garden. Outside walls had few windows, and they were small and shuttered. The front door opened onto a small passage that led into an airy courtland called an atrim. Front rooms on either sides of the passage usally were used as bedrooms. Some times they were used as a workshops or shops, and they had shutlers that opened to the street.The middle of the atrim was opened to the sky. Below this opening was a pool, set into the floor , to collect the rainwater. Around the atrium were more bedrooms and the kitchen.If you were an guest or had important business,you would be shown the tablinium, was often the grandest room of all. Very rich people had summer dinning rooms overlooking the garden.House were made of local buliding materials.These materials may be stones, mud bricks, cement, and timber. Roffs were made of clay tiles.