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posticum
[ po-stahy-kuhm ]
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(Posticum) was the name given to the little door, leading from the back of the cavaedium or peristyle to the street.
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A separate entrance, posticum (Fig. 115), usually connected the peristyle with a side street.
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The absurd "marginis posticum latus remotum" was a misprint for (dens) "marginis posticus, latus, remotus."
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This was the posticum, by which the master of the house evaded the importunate visitors who filled the atrium.
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