(Continuing tour of the Roman House at the Augusta Raurica mueum)
Moving from the bathing area, we come to the Cubiculum diurnum, or Living Room (item 13 on map):
Looking up at the ceiling:
Cubiculum nocturnem, or bedroom:
Wall mount for candle:
(Continuing tour of the Roman House at the Augusta Raurica mueum)
Oh my, the loom is indeed exciting. I've never tried a warp weighted loom, although I know they were common in ancient Scandinavia.
ReplyDeleteOne thing that fascinates me about the Romans, is how once they returned to Rome, they took their architecture and technology with them. I means, it didn't seem to be carried on by the indigenous folk. At least it seems so in Britain, where people continued their own way of building and doing things after the Romans left.
That is me, Leigh. Always looking out for my customers...(I would never have known the name.
DeleteIn terms of their architecture and technology, perhaps two points. The first is that as the Empire collapsed, the nobility (at least) clung to the idea of being "Roman"; it was only at the point of invasion in Hispania, Gaul, and Britannia, that the concept of Roman-ness gave way to more local senses of places - we have entire classes of people historically referred to as the Romano-British, Gallo-Roman, etc. - those that clung to "Rome" as an ideal and defining part of their culture long after Rome's borders had shrunk.
The other point, I think, is simply technical know-how. When the Legions abandoned Britannia a lot of engineering know-how left with them. Add to that that more and more there were fewer and fewer Romans coming to these places, and the technology to build them simply ceased to be prevalent enough to continue. Also money, of course: Empires can afford to finances townships and temples and the Mediterranean trade made many wealthy enough to have such things. Remove the Empire and the trade and there is little enough.
The Romans were certainly thorough in establishing their presence TB. Close to 20,000 inhabitants.......that's a lot of..ah....er....waste to deal with, no wonder baths were so popular back then.
ReplyDeleteNylon12, the Romans were nothing if not thorough (thus, one of the reasons they expanded so far.
DeleteIt can be argued, I suspect, that Roman waste management was of a caliber that was not seen again in the West until relatively modern times, as was their general water management.
How nice. I love the colours of the walls as well, so vibrant and cheerful 😊
ReplyDeleteLinda, I have no evidence to support this, but based on the attention to detail in every other aspect of this recreation, I can only assume these colours are reflective of hues available at the time.
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