Domus Aurea Sarah Widder Location Spanned anywhere from

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

Origin • Built by Nero after the fires of 64 CE • Place of

Importance and Uses • Over 300 rooms for entertainment, including dining halls, an amphitheater,

Today • Now the site of Flavian Amphitheater (the Colosseum), the Baths of Titus,

In Ancient Times http: //www. domusparati. it/i mages/domus_aurea_1. jpg http: //images. travelpod. com/users/neas on/1.

Bibliography • http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Domus_Aurea • http: //www. thecolosseum. net/history/domusaurea. htm • http:

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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/c 5/Roma_Plan. jpg http: //www. mariamilani. com/rome_pictures/domus%20 aurea%20 nero%20 rome. 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: //m 3. 11870. com/multimedia/imagenes/domusaurea_pxl_5 fd 0245 f 6 c 9 ddbdf 3 eff 0 f 505975 b 6 a 7. jpeg http: //www. personal. kent. edu/~areischu/knossos 2. 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/k 9 q. JNPe. Dpf. A/Twy. Do. JQGf. GI/AAAAIp. E/ Jk-ot. Yrn. CZ 0/s 1600/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/c 9/Domus. Aurea. jpg http: //1. bp. blogspot. com/_h 9 Q 2_DTj 5 i. I/S 03 NMPo 5_LI/AAAAAKs/M 2 a. Qm. WGOi. Pk/s 400/Domu s_Aurea. JPG http: //1. bp. blogspot. com/_FZg. AEJSzr. M 8/Sp. NVRe. Z GUUI/AAAAA 0 I/rtc 2 YRM 58 Wk/s 320/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/blog/wpcontent/uploads/2012/07/domus_aurea. j content/uploads/2012/07/DOMUS-AUREARICOSTRUZIONE. jpg pg http: //i 292. photobuck et. com/albums/mm 27 /iam 733_photos/ANCI ENT%20 ROME/_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