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A Nero's folly

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4183

Duration

00:10:20

Production year

2014
HD
16/9
Color
Sound

Director(s)

Paul RAMBAUD

Summary

In 2009, in Rome, on the Palatine hill, an excavation carried out by a team of French and Italian archaeologists brought to light the remains of an outstanding building that could be the base of the revolving dining room of Nero's palace.
Nero's palace was made famous by descriptions handed down by ancient authors, who emphasize its size and splendour. However, this "golden house", the Domus Aurea, is today still poorly known because the buildings erected by Nero's successors have largely covered it over.

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