Nero to Diocletian
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NERO (54-68 CE)
Modern Parallel City (early 20th century)
Map of the Domus Aurea (begun in 64 CE)
Octagonal Room with Axonometric view
Circus of Gaius (Caligula) and Nero
San Pietro (Vatican Museums)
Coin (minted under Emperor Gordian III 238-244 CE)
Front view and plan of area (inaugurated in 80 CE)
Colosseum from Temple of Venus and Roma
Beasts (mosaic from Piazza Armerina, Sicily)
Venatio/Animal Hunt (mosaic from Lepcis Magna, North Africa)
What happened to the Colosseum? (e.g., Aqua Paula by Paul V)
Ludus Magnus II (on left, Forma Urbis Romae fragment)
Plan of Rome and Campus Martius
Stadium (Piazza Navona)
Pantheon (118-125 CE)
Pantheon (Pannini) & Pantheon Interior (Pannini c.1750: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC)
Pantheon's Influence throughout Western Architecture I (Renaissance) daVinci (Vetruvian Man)
Pantheon's Influence throughout Western Architecture II (Renaissance) Villa Rotuna (Andrea Palladio: Villa Rotunda at Vicenza, begun 1550)
Pantheon's Influence throughout Western Architecture III (Early American) Jefferson (Monticello, Charlottesville, VA 1770-1784; UVA "The Lawn & the Library" 1817-1825)
Baths (298-306 CE)
Baths of Diocletian andWestern Architecture I
The Interior of Union Station (Daniel Burnham: 1908. Washington, DC)
Link to Washington Post article (13 November 2000)
Project website www.zeugma2000.com