Definitions

1. The impluvium is the sunken part of the atrium in a Greek or Roman house. (Web site)
2. An impluvium is a roof structure that directs rainwater (pluvia) inward (im). (Web site)
3. The impluvium was often lined with marble, and around which usually was a floor of small mosaic.
4. The impluvium was the shallow pool sunken into the floor to catch the rainwater.

Center

1. Its center, the impluvium, is a bank for the water falling from the compluvium.

Courtyard

1. In the center of the courtyard was a pool, impluvium.

Marble

1. The impluvium was often lined with marble, and around which usually was a floor of small mosaic.

Cistern

1. Pl. COMPENDIA or COMPENDIUMS. compluvium a space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the IMPLUVIUM or cistern.

Rain Water

1. A rectangular basin in the ground (impluvium) corresponded to the opening above in order to collect rain water. (Web site)

Rainwater

1. Directly below the compluvium was the impluvium, a shallow rectangular pool to gather rainwater, which drained into an underground cistern.
2. The impluvium, often lined with marble, was a shallow rectangular pool to gather rainwater. (Web site)
3. An impluvium is a roof structure that directs rainwater (pluvia) inward (im). (Web site)

Impluvium

1. Impluvium - In the atrium of a Roman house, the depression in the floor below the compluvium or opening in the roof which lets rainwater in.
2. Pl. IMPLEXES. impluvium in Roman dwellings, a cistern or tank, set in the atrium or peristyle to receive the water from the roof.
3. The impluvium is the sunken part of the atrium in a Greek or Roman house. (Web site)

Categories

1. Roman House
2. Rainwater
3. Rain Water
4. Roof Structure
5. Cistern
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