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Alae
Also called ala
The “wings” of a Roman atrium: two recesses opening off its far end on either side, where the images of ancestors were displayed.
Rules that use the word
Alae, tablinum and fauces from the atrium. Proportion the rooms round the atrium from it: the alae from its length (a third for atria of 30–40 feet, a quarter for 50–60), the tablinum from its width (two-thirds for a 20-foot atrium, half for 30–40 feet, two-fifths for 40–60), and the entrance passage from the tablinum.
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