Triclinium
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A triclinium is a formal dining room in a Roman building. The word is adopted from the Greek triklinion —from tri-, "three", and klinē, a sort of couch, or rather chaise longue. Each couch was sized t
Reproduction of a triclinium
A reproduction of a biclinium
Accubitum
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Accubitum was one name for the ancient Roman furniture couches used in the time of the Roman emperors, in the triclinium or dining room, for reclining upon at meals. It was also sometimes the name of
Triclinium
…from left to right so that the least important seat was on the left side of the most important. The use of the sigma continued until the Middle Ages. Accubitum Cyzicene hall…
19th century drawing of ancient Romans on accubita