- The
impluvium (pl.: impluvia) is a water-catchment pool
system meant to
capture rain-water
flowing from the compluvium, an area of roof.
Often placed...
-
catchment area,
catchment basin,
drainage area,
river basin,
water basin, and
impluvium. In
North America, they are
commonly called a watershed,
though in other...
- had a
central opening in the roof (compluvium) and a
rainwater pool (
impluvium)
beneath it. The
cavaedium p****ively collected, filtered, stored, and...
-
slanted tiled roof.
Directly below the
compluvium was the
impluvium.
Impluvium: an
impluvium was
basically a
drained pool, a
shallow rectangular sunken...
- with
enclosed rooms on all sides. In the
middle of the
atrium was the
impluvium, a
shallow pool
sunken into the
floor to
catch rainwater from the roof...
- planning. The
Ancient Roman impluvium, a
standard feature of the
domus house,
generally had a
cistern underneath. The
impluvium and ****ociated structures...
-
impluvium in
order to
permit light and air
through the
walls since windows were
absent among these structures. The
stored rainwater in the
impluvium was...
- to
better protect the
artwork inside. The foundation’s two
large white impluvium are iconic. They
serve dual purposes:
collecting rainwater to fill pools...
- and baths, the only
remnants are
compartmentalized walls,
including the
impluvium,
atrium and tablinum.
There exists friezes of
marble and
fragments of...
- level. A
single main
drain collected water from the
Forum and from
house impluviums,
latrines and
kitchens along Cardo III.[citation needed]
Other drains...
