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Most of the light came from thecompluviumand the open peristylium.
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As the water evaporates, the surrounding air is cooled and becomes heavier and flows into the living spaces and is replaced by air drawn through thecompluvium.
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The roof once served as a rainwater catch basin orcompluvium, with the fresh water shunted through pipes to a cistern on each side, in back of the house.
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Directly below thecompluviumwas the "impluvium".
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Designed to carry away the rainwater coming through the "compluvium" of the roof, it is usually made of marble and placed about 30 cm below the floor of the atrium.
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