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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L0Y_house-of-the-griffins-casa-dei-grifi_Roma-Lazio.html
House of the Griffins A steep staircase, part of which is ancient, leads from the back of the so-called Lararium to the underground floor of a house dating to the 2nd-1st century BC. Though partly destroyed by the foundations of the palace above,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L0W_domus-flavia-peristyle-peristilio_Roma-Lazio.html
Domus Flavia. Peristyle At the centre of the "public" sector of the palace was a porticoed courtyard (peristyle) with columns in pink marble and capitals in white marble. At its sides were living and dining rooms, some of which have the typical r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L0V_domus-flavia-so-called-audience-chamber_Roma-Lazio.html
Domus Flavia. So-called. Audience Chamber The largest room, probably reserved for audiences with the emperor, is traditionally known as the Audience Chamber. It was of exceptional size (1280 sq m.) and had a complex architectural decoration of wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L04_the-upper-peristyle-of-the-domus-augustana_Roma-Lazio.html
The Upper Peristyle of the Domus Augustana Set within the great rectangular basin, with its complex articulated edges, was a miniature temple on a podium. This could be accessed by means of a small bridge supported on small arches, probably added…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L03_palatine-museum-museo-palatino_Roma-Lazio.html
Palatine Museum The Palatine Museum displays precious finds from excavations on the hill from the 19th century until the present. It was opened in around 1930, re-adapting the 19th-century Convent of the Sisters of the Visitation, in turn built o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KZ6_the-palatine-stadium-stadio-palatino_Roma-Lazio.html
The Palatine "Stadium" This area provides a view from above of the "Stadium", an important sector of the Flavian Palace which is never given this name in the ancient sources. In fact it was a garden, more specifically a hippodromus, the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KZ5_domus-augustana-upper-peristyle-peristilio-superiore_Roma-Lazio.html
Domus Augustana. Upper Peristyle The ground floor of the "private" sector of the palace was arranged around a porticoed courtyard with coloured marble columns, identical to that in the "public" sector; at the centre was a lar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KYX_the-stadium-lo-stadio_Roma-Lazio.html
The 'Stadium' The so-called Stadium, another important area of the Flavian Palace, was in fact a huge rectangular garden area with a hemicycle at one end. The Garden was enclosed by a portico and its perimeter was marked out by a track running a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KYM_nymphaeum-and-adjoining-cisterns-ninfeo-e-annesse-cisterne_Roma-Lazio.html
Nymphaeum and Adjoining Cisterns The short northern side of the "Stadium" - above some service rooms - ended in a square room with niches decorated with statues and fountains fed by a complex system of water pipes. Some large cisterns in the unde…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KXZ_neronian-foundations-fondazioni-neroniane_Roma-Lazio.html
Neronian Foundations The concrete foundations that run from the Forum around the corner towards the Palatine, alongside the Arch of Titus, probably pertain to the enormous portico that, according to the ancient sources, Nero had constructed as th…
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