Domus AureaAnna Widder

http://www.nycerome.com/accommodation/rome-hotels/hotel-colosseum/hotel-colosseum-map.html

Covered Palatine, Esquiline and

Caelian

http://blog.luciolepress.com/2009/09/30/roman-emperor-neros-legendary-rotating-dining-room-uncovered-by-archaeologists.aspx

“Now I can at last begin to live like a human being”

Lakes, zoos, rotating ceilingsUp from the ashes 64-68 CE

A Place to Live

The Golden Palace

Seat of Power

http://ipalimpsest.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/nero/3550-3/

Repurposing

http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIAncRomUnit9Slides.html

Trajan BathsTitus and Trajan Baths of ≈79 and 109 CE

http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/44900/44985/44985_colosseum.htm &http://topworldcities.net/rome-colosseum-from-inside-italy.html

Flavian Amphlithatre ≈72 CE

From Nero’s lake

Domus Aurea Then

OR

http://ipalimpsest.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/nero/49-domus_aurea/

http://www.romecityapartments.com/blog/?p=802

Domus Aurea Now

http://ipalimpsest.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/nero/domus-aurea/

Note Rotating dome

Domus Aurea Now

Top Left: Baths of Titus

Top Right: Flavian

Amphitheater

Bottom Right: Baths of Trajan

http://ipalimpsest.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/nero/roma-9/

Bibliography

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

http://ipalimpsest.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/nero/domus-aurea/

http://www.dl.ket.org/latin2/historia/empire/domusaurea/domus_aurea.htm

http://blog.luciolepress.com/2009/09/30/roman-emperor-neros-legendary-rotating-dining-room-uncovered-by-archaeologists.aspx

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