Domus Aurea

Sarah Widder

Location

• Spanned anywhere from 100-300+ acres across the Palatine, Esquiline, and Caelian hills

• The future site of the Flavian Amphitheater (the Colosseum), the Baths of Titus, the Baths of Trajan, and the Temple of Venus and Rome

Domus Aurea

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Origin

• Built by Nero after the fires of 64 CE

• Place of entertainment for huge parties

• A collection of lavishly decorated buildings scattered on beautiful grounds, like a countryside in the city

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Importance and Uses

• Over 300 rooms for entertainment, including dining halls, an amphitheater, a market, a bath complex, and acres of woods, gardens, zoos, fountains, and parks

• The artificial lake in the center was later the site of the Colosseum, which could be re-flooded at will.

Colossus Neronishttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k9qJNPeDpfA/TwyDoJQGfGI/AAAAAAAAIpE/Jk-otYrnCZ0/s1600/colosso-1.jpg

Today

• Now the site of Flavian Amphitheater (the Colosseum), the Baths of Titus, the Baths of Trajan, and the Temple of Venus and Rome

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In Ancient Times

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Bibliography

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domus_Aurea

• http://www.the-colosseum.net/history/domusaurea.htm

• http://archeoroma.beniculturali.it/en/archaeological-site/domus-aurea