triclinium

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.