![]() This animated video mainly deals with the magnificent external features of the Domus Aurea. Given such ‘extremes’ of circumstances and results, Altair4 Multimedia has given a go at reconstructing the entire monumental structure with the use of some fascinating 3D rendering techniques. Designed as a large landscaped portico villa, the expansive project (patronized by Emperor Nero) was started in 64 AD, after the Great Fire of Rome had destroyed many of the aristocratic and civic buildings – especially on the slopes of the Palatine Hill. The Domus Aurea (or Golden House) aptly harks back to this progress of Roman building skills in terms of excessive magnificence. And sometimes such scopes of expertise even reached obsessive and (we daresay) ‘decadent’ levels. Beyond the ambit of military triumphs, the Romans were known for both their architectural and engineering prowess.
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