| These flats were known as insulae and only contained two rooms at the most. |
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| The hole from the roof was tiny, given that the building was in the grand Roman insulae tradition, built three storeys high, but it still gave a feeling of wealth to the home. |
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| These insulae are depicted on the marble Forma urbis and are included within the perimeter of the modern city block. |
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| The site presents a Sufetula urban streets where the regular straight cut is at right angles and demarcate insulae reserved housing. |
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| Excavations are in progress in the insulae to the east of the portico. |
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| Terraced structures and an insulae probably used as housing, which was set on two to three levels, flanked in this section of the road on the Market side. |
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| Most insulae were given to the first settlers of a Roman city, but each person had to pay to construct his own house. |
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| Insulae were often dangerous, unhealthy, and prone to fires because of overcrowding and haphazard cooking arrangements. |
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| Insulae have been the subject of great debate for historians of Roman culture, defining the various meanings of the word. |
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| The low Plebeian and middle Equestrian classes lived in the city center, packed into apartments, or Insulae, which were almost like modern ghettos. |
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