Cosh, S. R. (2001). Seasonal dining-rooms in Romano-British houses. Britannia 32. Vol 32, pp. 219-242.

Title:

Seasonal dining-rooms in Romano-British houses

Issue:

Britannia 32

Series:

Britannia

Volume:

Page Start/End:

219 - 242

Biblio Note

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Publication Type:

Journal

Abstract:

This article looks at the possibility that larger town-houses and villas in Britain had separate summer and winter dining-rooms by analysing their design and location as well as the arrangement and subject matter of their mosaics. Dining-rooms suitable for summer use can be identified throughout the Roman period; from the second century these are often paired with large, richly adorned rooms with hypocausts which were perhaps their winter equivalent. The development of these dining-rooms is charted from simple examples to elaborate and more obviously seasonal types built in the fourth century. Includes:

Author:

Stephen R Cosh

Year of Publication:

2001

Subjects / Periods:

Late Iron Age (BIAB)
	Houses (General) (BIAB)
	Villas (BIAB)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
Second Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
Fourth Century Includes (Auto Detected Temporal)
Villas (Auto Detected Subject)

Source:

BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))

Created Date:

18 Jul 2002