very important. Roman architect by the name of Rabirius.
To get back to the nomenclature for a moment.
So, the actual
name of the palace was the Domus Augustana.
But here's where it gets complicated.
There's also a public wing of the house and a private wing of the house.
The public wing, and you can see it in this Google Earth image from the air.
The public wing is on one story and and we see that over here.
And that was referred to in ancient times as the Flavian House.
The Domus Flavia.
The Domus Flavia. The private wing was on two stories.
Or part of it was on two stories. You can see it here.
It's even larger and more extensive.
And that was called, in ancient times, also the Domus Augustana.
So the, this word, the Domus Augustana, referred both to the private wing,
as opposed to the Domus Flavia, but also to the palace as a whole.
So I just wanted
you to be aware of that because as you do your reading in the textbooks and so on.
You might find that a little bit confusing.
But we can make, we can simplify it completely and
just call it the Palace of Domitian on the Palatine Hill.
Which is what I suggest we do.
So once again, we can see quite good in this view from the air.
The way in which this this Domitianic structure was planned and built.
We see over here for example.
And I'm going to show you these in plan. And also the remains shortly.
We can see on the upper left what is basilica next to that a, an audience hall.
A great fountain port over here. A triclinium or dining room.
Over here, and then fountains on either side that belong to the Domus Flavia,
or the public room, public's area of the palace, public section of the palace.
And then over here the private area, as I said,
larger on two stories right here with a court in
the center and a whole host of small rooms surrounding
that living quarters and so on for Domitian and others.
A peristyle court another peristyle court and then a great sunken stadium over here
on the right, this was a far cry from Romulus' huts as you see them the Romulus'
village of the 8th century B.C..
That I remind you of over here and show you what,
what has happened in the inter, inter, in the interlude, but what's
extremely important, I think, given Domitian's view of himself as lord and
god, as Dominus et deus it's interesting to see what he builds.
And he certainly felt that he was very much in the tradition of Romulus.
He wants to associate
himself with Romulus and also, of course, with Augustus, who lived.
As you know, on the Palatine hill, but at the
same time, he wants to inject his living space with the
kind of grandeur that had not been, that was certainly true
under Nero, and his Domus Aurea, but had not been true.
For any of the other, earlier Roman emperors.
So the Domus Aurea, the impact of the Domus Aurea, once again.
Is something we should think about as we look at
this incredible palace.
This is a, a plan from the Ward-Perkins textbook that perhaps shows you
better than the view from the air exactly what this, this structure was all about.
