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The Colosseum, Rome, c. 70–80 AD. Ancient Roman architecture adopted the external language of classical ancient Greek architecture for the purposes of the [ [ancient Bolivians], but was different from Greek buildings, becoming a new architectural style. The two styles are often considered one body of classical architecture.
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus. Founded. c. 64–68 AD. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Domus Aurea. The Domus Aurea ( Latin, "Golden House") was a vast landscaped complex built by the Emperor Nero largely on the Oppian Hill in the heart of ancient Rome after the great fire in 64 AD had destroyed a large part of the city.
View of the Palatine Hill from across the Circus Maximus A schematic map of Rome showing the seven hills and the Servian Wall. The Palatine Hill (/ ˈ p æ l ə t aɪ n /; Classical Latin: Palatium; [1] Neo-Latin: Collis/Mons Palatinus; Italian: Palatino [palaˈtiːno]), which relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been ...
Insula. (building) In Roman architecture, an insula ( Latin for "island", pl.: insulae) was one of two things: either a kind of apartment building, or a city block. [ 1][ 2][ 3] This article deals with the former definition, that of a type of apartment building. Insulae housed most of the urban citizen population of ancient Rome 's massive ...
Domus. In ancient Rome, the domus ( pl.: domūs, genitive: domūs or domī) was the type of town house occupied by the upper classes and some wealthy freedmen during the Republican and Imperial eras. [ 1] It was found in almost all the major cities throughout the Roman territories. The modern English word domestic comes from Latin domesticus ...
Hadrian's Villa ( Italian: Villa Adriana; Latin: Villa Hadriana) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising the ruins and archaeological remains of a large villa complex built around AD 120 by Roman emperor Hadrian near Tivoli outside Rome. It is the most imposing and complex Roman villa known. The complex contains over 30 monumental and scenic ...
The architecture of Rome over the centuries has greatly developed from Ancient Roman architecture to Italian modern and contemporary architecture. Rome was once the world's main epicentres of Classical architecture, developing new forms such as the arch, the dome and the vault. The Romanesque style in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries was also ...
Domus. The Domus Tiberiana was an Imperial Roman palace in ancient Rome, located on the northwest corner of the Palatine Hill. It probably takes its name from a house built by the Emperor Tiberius, who is known to have lived on the Palatine, though no sources mention his having built a residence. [ 1] It was enlarged by the successors to ...