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Title: Nero


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Neros Domus Aurea
  • At last I can begin to live like a human being

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The Emperor Nero
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Portrait Bust of Nero from Cap. Museum
  • The city burned for 9 days
  • Neros Domus Aurea was built after the fire
  • Historians blame Nero for the fire

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Nero
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Graffito
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Map of Rome
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The Lower Story
  • Three main blocks separated by trapezoidal courts
  • 150 rooms
  • Water features in this part of the house

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The Lower Story
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The Upper Story
  • Octagonal room
  • Used for summer dining
  • Baths supplied sea and sulfer water

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The Upper Story
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The Oculus
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The Domus Aurea
  • Prior to the restoration
  • 120 foot statue of Nero at entrance
  • Grounds originally covered the area where the
    colosseum is today

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Plan of Domus Aurea
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Wall Paintings
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Wall Paintings
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Features of the Property
  • Zoo
  • Enormous Lake
  • Giant statue of Nero

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Neros Dining Room
  • Dining Room had rotating ceiling?
  • Guests saw the constellations
  • Scented perfume and flowers fell from the sky

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The Oculus
  • Design similar to Pantheon
  • Main rotunda revolved day and night
  • Vault of heaven

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Ceiling Frescos
  • Famous for decorations
  • Painter was Famulus
  • Painted only a few hours a day and in his toga

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Extravagant Style
  • Vespacian destroyed part of the house
  • Drained the lake and built the colosseum
  • Later emperors took the art collection
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