Transcript Domus Aurea
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 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Roma_Plan.jpg http://www.mariamilani.com/rome_pictures/domus%20aurea%20nero%20rome.gif 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 http://m3.11870.com/multimedia/imagenes/domusaurea_pxl_5fd0245f6c9ddbdf3eff0f505975b6a7.jpeg http://www.personal.kent.edu/~areischu/knossos2.jpg 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 Neronis http://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 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/DomusAurea.jp g http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h9Q2_DTj5iI/S03NMPo 5_LI/AAAAAAAAAKs/M2aQmWGOiPk/s400/Domu s_Aurea.JPG http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FZgAEJSzrM8/SpNVReZ GUUI/AAAAAAAAA0I/rtc2YRM58Wk/s320/nero+ho use+2.jpg In Ancient Times http://www.domusparati.it/i mages/domus_aurea_1.jpg http://images.travelpod.com/users/neas on/1.1269550213.30_inside-thewalls.jpg http://www.romecityapartments.com/blo http://www.romecityapartments.com/blog/wpg/wpcontent/uploads/2012/07/domus_aurea.j content/uploads/2012/07/DOMUS-AUREARICOSTRUZIONE.jpg pg http://i292.photobuck et.com/albums/mm27 /iam733_photos/ANCI ENT%20ROME/_DOM US_AUREA_.jpg Bibliography • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domus_Aurea • http://www.thecolosseum.net/history/domusaurea.htm • http://archeoroma.beniculturali.it/en/archaeo logical-site/domus-aurea