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Fauces is an
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to narrow passages on either side of the '' tablinum'', through which access could be obtained from the atrium to the peristylar court in the rear. The Latin word means "the upper part of the throat", and figuratively refers to any kind of narrow entrance or passageway.
"The Fauces of the Roman House."
''Harvard Studies in Classical Philology'' 1:1-12. (at
Fauces is an architectural
Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing buildings o ...
term given by Vitruvius (''Arch.'3.6.3
to narrow passages on either side of the '' tablinum'', through which access could be obtained from the atrium to the peristylar court in the rear. The Latin word means "the upper part of the throat", and figuratively refers to any kind of narrow entrance or passageway.
Bibliography
* Greenough, J. B. 1890"The Fauces of the Roman House."
''Harvard Studies in Classical Philology'' 1:1-12. (at
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