Housing

In cities, the Romans lived in two types of houses, domus and insula whose parts and distribution you can see in the infographies below by Thomas K Wukitsh. (Click to enlarge).

     

 

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In the country, villas were built. These were large farms with just one owner. The owner and his family lived in a mansion many times bigger than the average domus. The peasants and slaves who worked on the farm lived in huts nearby.

 

 

Roman villa at Fishbourne, West Sussex, U.K.