Golden House of Nero for Kids

Nero's Golden House

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From the same room as the Hector and Andromache painting;
can you see the raised plaster-work here?

Another fancy ceiling

Beginning of the Golden House of Nero

For more about Nero's Golden House (the Domus Aurea), check out these books from Amazon.com or from your library:

The Domus Aurea and the Roman Architectural Revolution, by Larry F. Ball (2003).

Roman Architecture, by Frank Sear (1983). The standard college textbook.

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