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Bible Encyclopedias
Impluvium
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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the Latin term for the sunk part of the floor in the atrium of a Greek or Roman house, which was contrived to receive the water passing through the compluvium of the roof. The impluvium was generally in marble and sunk about a foot below the floor of the atrium.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Impluvium'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/i/impluvium.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Impluvium'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/i/impluvium.html. 1910.
