Windows.

[Gaius Octavius]

Using this: http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?act=mo...si&img=1546

as a guide, did Roman homes (villas) have windows to the outside world?

[Publius Nonius Severus]

Using that model you reference as a guide, I would say in this case, the upper floor windows are almost certain and the ground floor windows as most likely.

 

I think in almost all cases with rustic or country villas, windows were definitely a prominent feature. Windows in urban villas (domus/domi) were much more rare in that plenty of light and air were received through the hole in the roof of the atrium and peristylium. Upper floors would have had them since those rooms weren't exposed to the holes in the roof, but otherwise ground floor windows would have been avoided to keep the public (and their prying eyes!) out. This can be easily seen in Pompeii (except for a few notable exceptions (House of the Tragic Poet and a couple others).

 

In the country (or within a hardened fort like Segedunum) windows would have been much less of a liability and would have been commonplace.