Fauces
Entrance hall
Vestibulum
Covered area before entering the door
Taberna
Shop
Impluvium
Basin on the floor in the center of the atrium
Atrium
The large central area of the house
Tablinum
Multi-functional room that separated the atrium and the peristyle garden
Ala
Open space/wing off of the atrium
Cubiculum
Bedroom chamber
Triclinium
The formal dining area named after the three couches
Hortus
Garden
Culina
Kitchen
Lararium
A small shrine for the Lares (household gods)
Oecus
A reception or dining room
Peristyle Garden
A large garden with columns surrounding it
Opus Africanum
Grids of limestone stuffed with rubble and bonded with clay/mortar
Opus Incertum
Concrete core faced with small irregular stones
Opus Reticulatum
Pyramid shaped stones set in concrete
Opus Latericum
Concrete core faced with bricks
Opus Craticum
Timber framework filled with rubble and mortar
Opus Signium
The first from of floor decoration - white dots or carved lines on the floor
Opus Sectile
Larger pieces of marble or some other material that form a more geometric mosaic (diamonds and triangles)
Opus Tesselatum
Small pieces of tesserae that form an elaborate mosaic
Emblemata
Square decorative pieces that the Pompeians would put in the floor
Nymphaeum
Artificial grato with a water fixture dedicated to nymphs
Lectus Summus
High couch
Lectus Medius
Middle couch - where the guest of honor reclined
Lectus Imus
Low couch - where the host reclined
Insula
Further division of the Regios in Pompeii - also referred to as "apartment complexes
Regio
Pompeii was broken up into 9 of these
Decumani
East-west streets
Cardines
North-south streets
Altstadt
The theory that there was once an old nucleus of Pompeii that had its own walls (Regio VII)
First Style
plaster wall decorations to imitate monumental marble constructions
Second Style
Hyper realistic 3D depictions of real buildings or landscapes on walls
Third Style
Unrealistic depictions of architectural elements usually framing some flat, simplistic designs on walls
Fourth Style
A mix of the second and third styles. Had a central picture surrounded by some second style-esque architectural representations