. The life of the Greeks and Romans. 358 THE ATRIUM. The dwelling-houses there preserved may therefore be fairlyquoted as proofs, and indeed the only remaining proofs, of theGreek influence on private architecture. The historic Roman house must be divided into a front spacepartly covered [atrium), a centre space wholly covered (tablinum),and adjoining it an open court surrounded by columns (peristy-lium). These three parts are found in the same order in almostevery house, other smaller rooms being grouped round them invarious ways. The atrium seems to be of exclusively Italianorigin, as is pro
. The life of the Greeks and Romans. 358 THE ATRIUM. The dwelling-houses there preserved may therefore be fairlyquoted as proofs, and indeed the only remaining proofs, of theGreek influence on private architecture. The historic Roman house must be divided into a front spacepartly covered [atrium), a centre space wholly covered (tablinum),and adjoining it an open court surrounded by columns (peristy-lium). These three parts are found in the same order in almostevery house, other smaller rooms being grouped round them invarious ways. The atrium seems to be of exclusively Italianorigin, as is proved by its mode of design entirely differingfrom Greek architecture, as also by its name. It consists ofa square space covered by a roof which projects from the fourwalls, only a square opening being left in the centre. In thissimplest form, of which several examples are known to us, theatrium is called Tuscanicum, for, like most other old Italianinstitutions, it was believed to owe its origin to the Etruscans(compare § 61 et seq.)
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