Abstract: International audience; Through a detailed examination of a sample from both towns, this paper presents a joint study of houses in Rome and Ostia in the 2nd c. AD. Taking into account the plan, circulation axes, architectural structures and decoration, the type of analysis performed here has been frequently conducted on houses from the Vesuvian cities but rarely on later periods. By applying it to 2nd c. AD domestic space, we wish to shed a light on the evolution of spatial organisation and its socio-economic implication during this period. We ...
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