Cubiculum

DEFINITION

A Roman bedroom, or a small room constructed in the wall of an Early Christian catacomb to serve as a mortuary chapel.Example: Rome, Cubiculum (bedroom) from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor, c. 40-30 BCE, Republican, architectonic style fresco; room: 8 feet 8 1/2 inches x 10 feet 11 1/2 inches x 19 feet 7 1/8 inches (265.4 x 334 x 583.9 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.