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Nero's Golden House: The Domus Aurea and Imperial Extravagance
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore Nero's Domus Aurea, the vast golden palace complex that stretched across the heart of Rome after the Great Fire of 64 AD. They discuss its innovative architecture, including the rotating dining room and the 120-foot Colossus of Nero, designed by the architects Severus and Celer and the painter Famulus. The episode examines how the Domus Aurea reflected Nero's artistic ambitions and his vision of a palatial city, as well as its controversial legacy—how it was seen as an act of imperial overreach by the Senate and later buried and built over by…
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