Domus Aurea: The Illustrious Palace of Emperor Nero I SLICE HISTORY

[@sergenerli976]

Setting aside the incredible cost, the fact that they had the technology to do this is equally incredible. The gear mechanism that turned the dining room 1 revolution every 2 hours was a mathematical feat.

[@crarazy]

I got to visit the palace, which is now buried underground last year. It was one of the most remarkable things I've ever experienced. The sheet size of the building when walking through it are astounding, even moreso when you consider it is all buried now and not viewable from ground level for the most part. One of the most underrated sites of Rome and would suggest anyone who visits to check it out.

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

An Exceptional documentary...thanks for sharing

[@johnking6252]

Enlightening, I had no idea of the size ! Truly impressive. 🌍✌️🌎

[@I_am_MaX_Frost]

Thats what she said.

[@NadaAlawadhi]

I visited the ruins and the VR experience was amazing!!

[@OneTime69_]

Exceptional video very nice . To be continued 👍👍

[@SLICEHistory]

Thank you ! ☺

[@dmd5645]

Ohhh!!!. I want more!!!. Clearly this video is just a snippet!!. I HAVE to find the whole video!.

[@Youthure]

I missed more details about the demise of the palace. One phrase at the end was not sufficient. Beautiful video though!

[@larsstougaard7097]

Yes very abrupt ending, why not give us 30 sec about its demise.

[@marcosiddi6049]

@@larsstougaard7097 the new emperor vespasian demolished part of it to gain the favor of the senate, which hated nero, and built the colosseum to gain the favor of the people. Later emperors further demolished the domus, like trajan who built his thermae on top of it. It all boils down to the fact that the senate declared damnatio memoriae on nero so his domus aurea became sort of a scapegoat or free target

[@larsstougaard7097]

@marcosiddi6049 ok thanks

[@paprskomet]

A young jedi,named Darth Vader,who was pupil of mine...

[@OptimusPrinceps_Augustus]

Nero's uncle Caligula would have been envious

[@jacknielsen4085]

Officially cousins since Nero was adopted by Claudius, the uncle of Caligula. Of course you are right in a modern sense since Nero's mother was the sister of Caligula. And since Claudius married his niece and she was a very clever politician the power stayed in the de facto bloodline for another generation. It is interesting how the Romans themselves officially de jure denied any inheritance through kognatic lines but used their sophisticated adoption system to de facto make it count. It continues very much in different families after Neros time. But as far as I can see Nero would officially have denied being the nephew of Caligula as they de jure were cousins. His whole rule does clearly show that privately he was well aware he was only ruler because of his mother.

[@NickCharles-v2p]

Nero stood in awe of Caligula. Whether he called him " Uncle" of "Cousin" isn't a big deal. Part of his reasoning for spending exceptional amounts of wealth was the stories passed down to him about Caligula. He once said something to an extent that "a true Emperor (Princeps) does not worry about the cost" of their spending. I read that in Tacitus or Cassius Dio...

[@fatcole1152]

It's kind of wild to think about how short lived such a megaproject like the Domus Aurea was in an age with no power construction equipment. The Chrysler Building in New York City has lived nearly twice as long as the Domus Aurea did

[@paulyule8067]

It is curious how little today is recognisable of the Domus aurea.

[@raffriff42]

It's because Nero and his palace were hated by the Roman people. "A symbol of decadence that caused severe embarrassment to Nero's successors, the Domus Aurea was stripped of its marble, jewels, and ivory within a decade … within 40 years, the palace was obliterated." ~Wikipedia

[@123benny4]

Did he say 200 rooms? Seems more like it should be 2000 rooms. It's so big.

[@octaviogutierrez9158]

That's because every single room were ridiculously big

[@aarenmyatt4509]

"The incredible palace would be destroyed only a few years after Nero's death." THE END

[@d.l.l.6578]

Am I the only one here who is flabbergasted by what a selfish jerk Nero was???

[@noahweisberg2858]

no, he was known as one of the worst

[@d.l.l.6578]

@@noahweisberg2858 While Roman children lived in slums and ate scraps.

[@ssherrierable]

It’s all heresy

[@Anton-yc1uk]

Nero was like Biden..... but didn't have dementia..... is that worse??? Only cared about being called president/emperor without a care for what he signed or said...

[@hal90001]

He was not so different than today's trumps, Elons and bezoses of the world!

[@dustingreen9075]

"Took over a quarter of the city." Shows map where the entire complex takes nowhere close to a quarter of the city.

[@nunomartins2209]

It took over a quarter of Rome back in the day, modern day Rome is way bigger than the old Rome of classical age that was surrouned by the old roman walls

[@sashanksingh6714]

​@@nunomartins2209 Still Rome at that time was still way bigger than shown area on modern map

[@nunomartins2209]

@@sashanksingh6714 no

[@PauloPereira-jj4jv]

​​@@nunomartins2209... actually, no. Something is wrong with this information.

[@Mrrossj01]

Megalomania never changes.

[@cowboybeboop9420]

Not exactly. At the time Rome was burned to the ground by a giant fire. So much so that the Romans considered abandoning it and changing the capital. Instead Nero planned a grand building spree to beautify the city and build it better than ever. This palace was built on the burnt empty space. Palaces back in the day were not just for the housing of the emperor. They functioned more like places for communal use by the public and were open to anyone and everyone with small exceptions of course.

[@123benny4]

A lot of elements raised my eyebrow: where's the aqueduct that turns the wheel? Where does the central staircase lead? 200 rooms, or 2000 rooms? How did archeologist find and study this place if it was destroyed?

[@nunomartins2209]

Many ruins of the domus area are actually underground today, the Colosseum and the city were built on top of it, also we know alot about it from texts from when it was created

[@PauloPereira-jj4jv]

​​@@nunomartins2209... we know "a lot". And not "alot".

[@iansimonton1]

@@PauloPereira-jj4jv shut up

[@paprskomet]

A lot of questions you might easily study in detail and not searching for them in one short video.

[@charleshamilton9274]

So, Apollo’s statue had no genitalia? Doesn’t sound very Roman…

[@VOLightPortal]

It's to make sure it's inclusive to the lgbtq commumity

[@outthere9370]

That's cause Nero never had the balls! 🤣😂

[@johan13135]

@@VOLightPortal It's to make it sensible for Christian conservative viewers, who would otherwise panic

[@N1originalgazza]

@@johan13135 wrong, is the AI that is woke!

[@jamesricker3997]

​@@VOLightPortalyou're obviously not familiar with Roman views on homosexuality. They considered it normal and it was encouraged as a form of birth control

[@NorceCodine]

Qualis artifex pereo.

[@stevehammel2939]

Wow, ball bearings and a water wheel

[@dtr-g1s]

Very good but i have to take issue with the term 'illustrious' for the Domus Aurea. It was and still is anything but illustrious, infamous in it's day both for the manner in which it came to be built [ the terrible fire in Rome and subsequent acquisition of the land ], and not least for the fact of who built it - Nero. Since all his acts and thus also his constructions were subject to Damnatio Memoriae, as marvellous as the Domus Aurea is from architectural, artistic and engineering perspectives it cannot be considered illustrious in a classical sense and i would argue, modern also.

[@oye4511]

👍👍

[@jody6851]

Great graphics, but knowing ancient Rome and its pagan morals, I'm sure they felt no need to smooth out the Apollo/Nero statue's genitals, or worried about G ratings. In fact, if Nero was a bit less than imperial in that area, you can be sure the Roman sculptors would have added a bit of extra grandeur to the statue to remain in Nero's good graces, shall we say.

[@AlfredoArcangeli]

Nero: golden house Me: shitty apartment 😂

[@sunfire369]

You cannot live in such a house alone. You need servants and and a large family😊

[@simbee3634]

But have they found the head-chopping machine from the 1979 film? :)

[@Aleruss-iv9od]

I didn't know that the great statue of Nero didn't have a penis... thanks to slice history now I know. Thank you so much for always showing the true history.... 🙃

[@rangler90]

Must have had a problem with size.

[@Anna-fw7lm]

Yeah but... I cannot listen to this butchered latin.... guys, come on, it's a documentary and the pronunciation is horrifying

[@rymdalkis]

No way it had just 200 rooms

[@pierrejourdan4819]

Du vivant de Néron le colosse ne portait pas de rayons solaires sur la tête. C'est bien après sa mort que les romains décidèrent de conserver le colosse en y ajoutant ces attributs, transformant ainsi la statue de Néron en celle du Dieu Helios... c'est bizarre, Ils ont omis la grande galère de marbre qui ornait le centre de la pièce d'eau du vestibule

[@yan-eva56]

How did you know the King Of The North Sea. Charles the third ✨🌔✨✨

[@alessandro-alex144k]

Dal capitolo 17 del libro dell'apocalisse di Giovanni è possibile apprendere che l'anti Cristo sarà letteralmente uno dei primi cinque imperatori romani .

[@clivebaxter6354]

Went there last year, nobody could understand the italian guide speaking 'English' Worth seeing the remains of the house if you get a good guide.

[@kimellington4591]

Far from it!

[@LM-pd6wj]

When ancient Constantinople?

[@davidjohnson1414]

Nero was a bad disgraced Emperor who met a shocking death. I don't feel envious of him in the slightest 😮😮😮

[@ophiuchus992]

Just show the palace, stop the half time build up, total waste

[@CrackCatWantsPat]

I enjoyed it

[@aldolamberti3855]

Perfect and incredible reconstruction of Ancient Rome. In Italy the videos are dedicated to 22 boys in their underwear kicking a ball. I wonder, as an Italian, looking at the current Italians, how there were 2000 years ago men who projected the world forward by at least 1000 years, while we Italians are the ''leftovers'' of the barbarians who invaded, making every trace of what was order, capacity, culture in a Byzantine country. Feedback

[@Tore1960]

Anche se fosse vero, non vedo perché dovresti rivolgerti agli stranieri per affermare ciò. A quale scopo?

[@aldolamberti3855]

@@Tore1960 Non so se parli a me . Io non mi sono rivolto ad alcun straniero . Il Signore che mi con molto garbo mandato un '' abbraccio '' credo che sia un ''Amico di Franco Corelli '' esattamente come me . Ho solo chiesto l'iscrizione agli amici di Franco Corelli , Se poi fosse ''vero '' ( è quanto affermi a ciò che dico ) prendila come vuoi ..La mia attuale moglie abitava nello stesso stabile con la sua famiglia . Quando andavo a trovare lei sentivo una voce bella e potente . era un tenore che faceva delle prove . Chiesi al portinaio il quale mi confermò che nello stabile abitava un tenore , ma non mi disse il nome. . Io seppi che e si trattava di Franco Corelli dopo , incontrandolo nell'atrio . Se basta come spiegazione mi fa piacere . Se la cosa ti disturba ... pazienza , me ne farò una ragione . Ciao !

[@Tore1960]

Ok

[@florianxmerten]

romanes eunt domus

[@VOLightPortal]

The Bronze statue is transgender?! 😱

[@borivoy]

Vulgar!

[@marcob4630]

The Romans were like the Americans nowadays: meagalomania allover! Nero was a sort of a Trump!

[@gideonros2705]

What is an example of Trump's megalomania?

[@marcob4630]

@@gideonros2705 Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, Trump Tower built with the concrete of the NYC Mafia. In reality he is a bad criminal, a pathological liar!

[@outthere9370]

After 9:17 minutes of watching you cant just say it was destroyed later! Why was it destroyed?

[@LowryYT]

I had that exact feeling, it's like: oh no!... anyway

[@thealmightyaku-4153]

Because everyone utterly despised Nero, so they tore down & buried his legacy, reusing & burying the entire lot within 40 years.

[@psr4wolfPAC]

Cuz Nero was fucking nuts

[@paprskomet]

Because new dynasty wanted to make a grand gesture and change place designed for just one man on place for the people-which they did most famously in case of Colloseum.

[@marial8235]

The mega statue of himself is hilarious. What a clown!

[@tommyboy9680]

U got no clue about superior classical culture that was the foundation for the Western Civilization.