SOME ASPECTS OF THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE ROMAN DOMUS BETWEEN LATE ANTIQUITY AND THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES
Barbara Polci
This essay concerns some aspects of the transformation Late Roman domus into Early Medieval house and focuses on spaces designed for reception entertainment. First, I will consider use development areas wealthy houses, their relationship with growth in private patronage Antiquity. Second, examine this late antique model elite housing new type upper-class dwellings that emerged Italy. In particular, focus transferral halls banqueting chambers to upper story, social architectonic implications feature.
Late Antique Archaeology