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Domus Aurea

Domus Aurea. Sarah Widder. Location. Domus Aurea. 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.

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Domus Aurea

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  1. DomusAurea Sarah Widder

  2. Location DomusAurea • 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 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Roma_Plan.jpg http://www.mariamilani.com/rome_pictures/domus%20aurea%20nero%20rome.gif

  3. 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/domus-aurea_pxl_5fd0245f6c9ddbdf3eff0f505975b6a7.jpeg http://www.personal.kent.edu/~areischu/knossos2.jpg

  4. 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

  5. Today • Now the site of FlavianAmphitheater (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.jpg http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h9Q2_DTj5iI/S03NMPo5_LI/AAAAAAAAAKs/M2aQmWGOiPk/s400/Domus_Aurea.JPG http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FZgAEJSzrM8/SpNVReZGUUI/AAAAAAAAA0I/rtc2YRM58Wk/s320/nero+house+2.jpg

  6. In Ancient Times http://www.domusparati.it/images/domus_aurea_1.jpg http://images.travelpod.com/users/neason/1.1269550213.30_inside-the-walls.jpg http://www.romecityapartments.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/domus_aurea.jpg http://www.romecityapartments.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DOMUS-AUREA-RICOSTRUZIONE.jpg http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm27/iam733_photos/ANCIENT%20ROME/_DOMUS_AUREA_.jpg

  7. 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

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