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But after the Second Punic war, which changed the habits of the Roman
in so many ways, the atrium ceased to be the common dining-place, and
special chambers were built, either off the atrium or in the interior
part of the house about the peristylium, or even upstairs, for the
accommodation of guests, who might be received in different rooms,
according to the season and the weather.[444] These _triclinia_ were
so arranged as to afford the greatest personal comfort and the best
opportunities for conversation; they indicate clearly that dinner is
no longer an interval in the day's work, but a time of repose and ease
at the end of it. The plan here given of a triclinium, as described by
Plutarch, in his _Quaestiones conviviales_,
Lectus medius.
+--------------------------------+----------------+
Chief | | |
Guest | | | Lectus
| | | Summus
+-----------------+--------------+ |
H | | | |
| | | |
Lectus | | Mensa | |
Imus | | | |
| +--------------+ |
| | +----------------+
| |
| |
| |
| |
+-----------------+
PLAN OF A TRICLINIUM.
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