Roman Architecture 79
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Roman Buildings Residential Buildings • Roman cities had a range of various types of private dwellings • The private dwellings reflected the rank and wealth of the inhabitants • At the lowest level are the multi- story tenements where a large proportion of the population stayed • They consisted of shops on the ground floor and apartments on the upper floors • The apartments were built around a courtyard for light and air
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Transcript of Roman Architecture 79
Roman Buildings Residential Buildings
• Roman cities had a range of various types of private dwellings
• The private dwellings reflected the rank and wealth of the inhabitants
• At the lowest level are the multi- story tenements where a large proportion of the population stayed
• They consisted of shops on the ground floor and apartments on the upper floors
• The apartments were built around a courtyard for light and air