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Nero's Golden House: The Domus Aurea's Lost Wonder
After the Great Fire of 64 AD, Nero seized a huge swath of central Rome to build his Domus Aurea — the Golden House. This episode goes beyond the scandalous ancient accounts to explore what the palace actually was: an unprecedented architectural and artistic marvel. We look at the innovative concrete domes designed by Severus and Celer, the lost mechanical ceiling that opened into a starry sky, the only surviving fresco fragments now being restored, and what the Domus Aurea tells us about Nero's vision of himself as a divine artist-king. We also discuss how later emperors like Trajan…
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