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Nero's Golden House: The Domus Aurea and Imperial Luxury
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore Nero's Domus Aurea, the sprawling Golden House that sparked scandal and legend after the Great Fire of 64 AD. They unpack its architectural innovations—octagonal rooms, concrete domes, frescoes by the artist Famulus—and the political fallout of its construction. Lucas explains how the Domus Aurea consumed prime real estate from the Palatine to the Esquiline, incorporating a colossal bronze statue of Nero as Sol, an artificial lake, and gardens that mocked Roman austerity. They discuss Tacitus's and Suetonius's accounts, the backlash that…
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