CLST 306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Pater Familias, Tablinum, Birds Eye View
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Coin imagery mistakes: wrong order, objects incorrect, go back and look carefully at the coin before starting your assignment, research paper have to justify every claim you make. Explain why a camel is a camel the symbolism and meaning behind the camel, etc. Why is this imagery being produced at this time, in this place, by the person that is making them: don"t leave the paper until the last minute. Make use of books put on reserve. Houses and palaces: readings: review lecture images drawn from previous readings, have to step back and look at context. 3rd century b. c italy the atrium house. Typical roman house, atrium type, has already been developed: goes back from before this but had become normative elite house by the 3rd century. Where elite city dwellers are living: atrium is a large, usually square, room that is just off the entranceway.