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During the medieval era, the palace was abandoned and fell into ruins. It suffered severe material theft during the middle ages, and was being used as an orchard when
Alessandro Farnese decided to convert the property to a grand formal garden, the first private
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into an entry vestibule. Although only scant traces have been left of this extension, the remains of masonry and a large rectangular pool measuring 9m x 26m (30 feet x 85 feet) lying within a court can be discerned behind the Temple of Castor and Pollux.
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with arcades surrounding it on four sides. A double block of rooms separated by a broad corridor was built south of this peristyle, and another block of rooms stood to the north. Along the east side of the
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Various sculptures and architectural ornaments have been discovered in 2008 on or near the site of the Domus
Tiberiana. These include a pair of white marble wings that would have belonged to a large
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statues were also found within these arcades; they are believed to have been working models for making copies of Greek statues for Roman clients in the time of Caesar and
Augustus.
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flooring, composed of several types of marble inlaid in a geometric pattern, was found during the excavations (1865–67) by Pietro Rosa and is on display in the
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building program of any emperor on the
Palatine, restoring and enlarging the Domus Tiberiana and incorporating it as an annex to his primary new residence, the
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hill beyond. The site comprises an area of approximately 150 metres by 120 metres (492 x 394 feet), and is occupied by the platform of the
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undertook excavations in the 1860s which uncovered the substructures on the north side of the hill and the central peristyle of the
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in 69 AD. However, earlier references to the houses of
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in Europe. The first excavations were undertaken in 1728, which uncovered a great many architectural fragments.
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during the early part of his reign. Relatively little is known of the structure archaeologically, since the
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was connected to the
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have occupied the site of the main level since the 16th century, making excavation difficult.
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The remains of the Domus Tiberiana lie on the northwest corner of the Palatine, facing the
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suggested that it was used to house the designated-heir to the ruling emperor, since both
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evoked Rome's first emperor and his designated heir. A library was housed in the
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from the time of Nero, with mosaic floors and poorly preserved frescoes. This
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710:"Rome Alive: A Source Guide to the Ancient City"
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531:A headless statue of Aphrodite Charis from the
712:. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. Archived from
637:A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome
639:. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
400:. The ruling emperor would have lived in the
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624:A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome
597:Rome and Environs: An Archaeological Guide
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577:. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
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488:. Several fragments of high-quality
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1022:"LARGE WINGS IN WHITE GREEK MARBLE"
558:Another fragmentary terracotta head
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627:. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
599:. University of California Press.
516:Panel of marble flooring from the
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1097:List of ancient monuments in Rome
1066:. Parco archeologico del Colosseo
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1024:. Parco archeologico del Colosseo
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851:Agrippina: Mother of Nero
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633:Lawrence Richardson Jr.
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