triclinium

(noun)

Formal dining room.

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Examples of triclinium in the following topics:

  • Painting

    • Each triclinium is themed and painted in the Fourth Style.
    • Another Fourth Style triclinium depicts scenes from the lives of Hercules and Theseus.

  • Architecture at Pompeii

    • In the back of the house, beyond the tablinum, would be one or more triclinium (plural: triclinia), or dining rooms.
    • The main attributes of their house were the atrium and the large garden peristyle, surrounded by decorated triclinium and a garden complete with fountains, statues, and flowers.
    • The fauces led the guest into the atrium and the tablinum, which divided the public front of the house from the private back of the house, where a small peristyle and a frescoed triclinium were located.

  • Painting in the Early Roman Empire

    • Each triclinium is themed and painted in the Fourth Style.
    • Another Fourth-Style triclinium depicts scenes from the lives of Hercules and Theseus.

  • Architecture under the Nervan-Antonines

    • On the island sits a small Roman house complete with an atrium, a library, a triclinium, and small baths.