I always wanted to live in a mansion. It is a large dwelling house.
Oh, me too. You have to be pretty rich for those, though. Do you know the average cost of one?
The biggest ones go for over $1 million. The word "mansion" is derived from the latin word "mansio" which means dwelling.
Oh, haha. Mansio, that sounds funny. Where was the first one built, do you know?
Most likely in Rome for a Caesar. The English word "manse" originally defined a property large enough for the parish priest.
Oh, wow. Rome, huh? What else can you tell me of the words origins?
would "remain" there...
History.
Within an ancient Roman city, aristocratic people or just wealthy dwellings might be very extensive and luxurious. Such mansions on one hill in Rome became so extensive that the term palatial was derived from the name Palatine hill and is the etymological origin of "palace". Mansions of considerable size and state significance are called palaces.
Following the fall of Rome the practice of building unfortified villas ceased. Today, the oldest inhabited mansions around the world usually began their existence as fortified
Mansion
A mansion is a large dwelling house. The word itself derives through Old French from the Latin word "mansio" "dwelling", an abstract noun derived from the verb "manere" "to dwell". The English word "manse" originally defined a property large enough for the parish priest to maintain himself, but a mansion is no longer self-sustaining in this way (compare a Roman or medieval villa). "Manor" comes from the same root—territorial holdings granted to a lord who