1. Domus Aurea Sarah Widder

2. Location Spanned anywhere from 100-300+ acres across the Palatine, Esquiline, and Caelian hills The future site of the Flavian Amphitheater (the Colosseum), the Baths of Titus, the Baths of Trajan, and the Temple of Venus and Rome Domus Aurea http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Roma_Plan.jpg http://www.mariamilani.com/rome_pictures/domus%20aurea%20nero%20rome.gif

3. Origin Built by Nero after the fires of 64 CE Place of entertainment for huge parties A collection of lavishly decorated buildings scattered on beautiful grounds, like a countryside in the city http://m3.11870.com/multimedia/imagenes/domus- aurea_pxl_5fd0245f6c9ddbdf3eff0f505975b6a7.jpeg http://www.personal.kent.edu/~areischu/knossos2.jpg

4. Importance and Uses Over 300 rooms for entertainment, including dining halls, an amphitheater, a market, a bath complex, and acres of woods, gardens, zoos, fountains, and parks The artificial lake in the center was later the site of the Colosseum, which could be re-flooded at will. Colossus Neronis http://4.bp.blogspot.com/- k9qJNPeDpfA/TwyDoJQGfGI/AAAAAAAAIpE /Jk-otYrnCZ0/s1600/colosso-1.jpg

5. Today Now the site of Flavian Amphitheater (the Colosseum), the Baths of Titus, the Baths of Trajan, and the Temple of Venus and Rome http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FZgAEJSzrM8/SpNVReZ GUUI/AAAAAAAAA0I/rtc2YRM58Wk/s320/nero+ho use+2.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/DomusAurea.jp g http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h9Q2_DTj5iI/S03NMPo 5_LI/AAAAAAAAAKs/M2aQmWGOiPk/s400/Domu s_Aurea.JPG

6. In Ancient Times http://www.romecityapartments.com/blog/wp- content/uploads/2012/07/DOMUS-AUREA- RICOSTRUZIONE.jpg http://www.domusparati.it/i mages/domus_aurea_1.jpg http://images.travelpod.com/users/neas on/1.1269550213.30_inside-the- walls.jpg http://www.romecityapartments.com/blo g/wp- content/uploads/2012/07/domus_aurea.j pg http://i292.photobuck et.com/albums/mm27 /iam733_photos/ANCI ENT%20ROME/_DOM US_AUREA_.jpg

7. Bibliography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domus_Aurea http://www.the- colosseum.net/history/domusaurea.htm http://www.the- colosseum.net/history/domusaurea.htm http://archeoroma.beniculturali.it/en/archaeo logical-site/domus-aurea http://archeoroma.beniculturali.it/en/archaeo logical-site/domus-aurea