Nero's Palace Essay

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Palace is a royal residence, where generally king, queen, or higher rank officers live. The word palace comes from the latin word Palātium which means the Palatine Hill of Rome. The Palatine Hill later become dominated by the massive palace complex of the Roman emperors. This is the hill where the Roman Empire began.

Nero’s palace:

Nero’s palace is popularly known as the Golden House of Nero. In latin it is known as Domus Aurea. The palace was built by one of the infamous roman emperor “Nero”. The construction work of the palace started around AD 65 and it was finished within three years.

When the fire of 64 CE destroyed the Aventine and Palatine hills,Then Nero decided to use those land to build a new palace. Nero handed the project to
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There were also pools of water all around the building. There was also a big octagonal room, which had a concrete dome.There were a lot of banquet rooms in the ground floor of the palace. There were a lot of great wall paintings on the banquet rooms. There was a big courtyard which had many rooms.And in one of its room there was a picture of Zeus forcibly taking Ganymede. The room had gilded ceiling.

Nero wasted a lot of resources while building this palace.After his death his successors did not try to preserve the palace. Nero’s successors use the building parts of the palace to build other buildings. As a result most of the building structure had disappeared.

Domitian's palace:

The palace of Domitian’s was built by roman emperor Domitian. He was not a very popular ruler. To reaffirm his power he built this lavish palace.

The construction work of the palace was finished in 92 AD. The palace is situated in the Palatine Hill of Rome. The palace was enlarged by The emperor Septimius Severus.

The palace of Domitian was divided into four different parts. One part is Domus Flavia which was only used for official work. Another part was upper level of Domus Augustana which was used as a private palace. Another two parts were the lower level of Domus Augustana and the sunken courtyard. Domus Augustana part was more than two-third of the

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