Domus Aurea
After the great fire of 64 AD destroyed much of the city, Nero set out to remake Rome with his “Golden House” — the Domus Aurea. Construction began right after the fire, and it was pushed along so fast that it was nearly completed by the time Nero died in 68. He even had the engineer-architects Celer and Severus overseeing the project, and he dreamed big enough to link Misenum with Lake Avernus with a navigable canal. The palace didn’t survive its own reputation for long. Nero’s successors stripped it of its marble, jewels, and ivory within a decade, and although parts of the complex stayed occupied through 69 (including by Vitellius), it was ultimately smothered—its grounds, stretching about 2.6 square kilometres, were filled in and built over. By 104, a fire under Trajan helped finish the destruction. Here, though, you’re not standing in the palace itself anymore—today only a memorial marks the spot where it once stretched. …
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