\f1 \fs22 For the Romans, lovers of domestic tranquillity, the house was of fundamental importance. Ever more complicated
dwellings were gradually developed from the early circular huts. \b \cf4 \ATXht1023 The house with an Etruscan-Italic\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 atrium was certainly the most common among Romans of high rank. Luxuriously finished, these houses were sometimes fitte
d with a complex system for the supply of water and an adequate heating system. \par