Palace of Domitian. The Palace of Domitian sits atop the Palatine Hill, and was built as Domitian's imperial palace.
Designed by the architect, Rabirius, the Palace is a massive three-part structure, separated to allow business matters and private life to be conducted in parallel. The modern names used for these parts are: the Domus Flavia.
the Domus Augustana. the garden or stadium.
The structure is near the House of Augustus. The palace was built on top of earlier buildings, notably Nero's Domus Transitoria and the Republican House of the Griffins, significant remains of which have been discovered.
Under Severus a large extension was added along the southwestern slope of the hill overlooking the Circus Maximus, but otherwise the bulk of the Palace as constructed under Domitian remained remarkably intact for the remainder of the Empire. The Palace functioned as the official residence of the Roman Emperors until the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. Main article: Domus Flavia The Domus Flavia is the public wing which has three vaulted halls facing the Forum Romanum. Of the three halls, two are basilicas and the other an aula regia. Domitian was able to look upon his visitors from a vaulted apse above. This architectural detail was repeated in the Temples of Venus Genetrix and the Mars Ultor in the Fora of Caesar and Augustus. Main article: Domus Augustana The Domus Augustana
Designed by the architect, Rabirius, the Palace is a massive three-part structure, separated to allow business matters and private life to be conducted in parallel. The modern names used for these parts are: the Domus Flavia.
the Domus Augustana. the garden or stadium.
The structure is near the House of Augustus. The palace was built on top of earlier buildings, notably Nero's Domus Transitoria and the Republican House of the Griffins, significant remains of which have been discovered.
Under Severus a large extension was added along the southwestern slope of the hill overlooking the Circus Maximus, but otherwise the bulk of the Palace as constructed under Domitian remained remarkably intact for the remainder of the Empire. The Palace functioned as the official residence of the Roman Emperors until the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. Main article: Domus Flavia The Domus Flavia is the public wing which has three vaulted halls facing the Forum Romanum. Of the three halls, two are basilicas and the other an aula regia. Domitian was able to look upon his visitors from a vaulted apse above. This architectural detail was repeated in the Temples of Venus Genetrix and the Mars Ultor in the Fora of Caesar and Augustus. Main article: Domus Augustana The Domus Augustana
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