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0:00·on the occasion of a new opening on the
0:02·Palatine hill we can ask today what was
0:05·the domus to biriana this massive
0:08·fellatial structure attributed to the
0:10·emperor Tiberius the successor of
0:12·Augustus now we get access to portions
0:15·of this Palace that were not opened for
0:19·50 years from the position on the Roman
0:22·form it's the domus tubidiana palace
0:24·that we see dominating the landscape and
0:28·now we're getting access to it
·Original terrace of the complex, original House of Tiberius
0:30·when we look at the top of the Palatine
0:32·hill we can see this area delineated
0:35·approximately 150 by 120 meters
0:39·attributed to being the domicile of the
0:42·emperor Tiberius
0:44·and it's overlooking and distinct from
0:46·the pre-existing sanctuary of Republican
0:50·deities Victoria and Magnum Mater so
0:54·somewhere on that large Terrace space
0:56·you have the first house of Tiberius the
1:01·stepson of Augustus who already had his
1:04·own house on the Palatine Hill
1:06·but so much of that Palace attributed to
1:10·Tiberius is obscured by the Renaissance
1:13·farnazi Gardens that we see here The
1:17·Fountains and even the plantings on top
1:20·of this massive terraced area few things
1:23·remain on top
1:24·an exception is this fish pond
1:27·and when we look at the majority of the
1:30·archaeological evidence around this area
1:33·delineated as the Palace of Tiberius the
1:38·structures are actually much later
1:42·the earlier structures
1:44·don't date to the time of Tiberius that
1:46·we find in this platform rather they're
1:49·attributed to Caligula the house of
·House of Gaius (Caligula)
1:52·Gaius that we know is attached to
1:57·the house of Tiberius originally in this
2:00·location
2:02·subsequently that house is going to be
2:05·destroyed as is the memory of Caligula
2:08·but what comes in next that we have well
2:10·preserved is this 130 meter long
·Neronian cryptoporticus
2:14·cryptoporticus this underground
2:16·passageway that's attached to the
2:19·platform and it dates the time of Nero
2:22·this is Nero who's going to have his
2:23·domesto transitoria Nero who will
2:26·finally make the definitive domus Audi
2:29·extending here from the Palatine Hill
2:31·over to the Escalon
2:34·after the fire of 80 its dimissions turn
2:37·to have his hand in this palatial area
·Domitianic additions
2:41·and he's going to make a ramp and other
2:45·structures leading down to the Palatine
2:48·Hill giving a new definitive approach to
2:51·the domus tiberiana
2:53·and finally it's Hadrian that extends
·Hadrianic additions
2:56·the platform forward over the clevis
2:59·Victoria that now we can have access to
3:02·and extending over toward the Via Nova
3:06·Street and that's the portion with these
3:08·substructures that we're now going to
3:11·access
3:12·how can we get up to the domesdayana
·Domitian's ramp into Domus Tiberiana (tour)
3:14·today let's Ascend a portion of the ramp
3:18·built by the mission again
3:21·built in coordination with that idea of
3:23·giving access to the Palace that
3:26·emission is going to have his own Palace
3:27·but in this case the ramp gives direct
3:30·access to the domus tiberiana
3:34·and this ramp has only been open for a
3:36·number of years but it gives us an
3:38·incredible insight into the connection
3:40·to the lower Palace built by the mission
3:43·which is now sentimentary Antigua church
3:45·and we're ascending we can imagine
3:47·ourselves being a guest someone of
3:50·privilege zigzagging her way up
3:52·immediately from The Forum to the domus
3:55·to biriana
3:56·and now with the new opening of the
3:58·domus dubidiana we can turn right and
4:01·we're going to go right onto the
4:03·so-called Clevis vittori
4:05·and we're now beneath those extended
4:08·substructures built by Hadrian so pretty
4:11·much everything we see here is hadrianic
4:14·and it simply is an extension of the
4:16·Terrace up on top on the Palatine Hill
4:18·extending it forward
4:20·and it is just magnificent
4:23·so you can visit
4:25·on the top and now you can visit down
4:26·below
4:28·and it's within some of these rooms
4:29·these are going to be utilitarian spaces
4:31·this is not going to be the private
4:32·Apartments of the emperor that he was on
4:34·top
4:35·it's in these rooms that we now have
4:37·Museum spaces
4:39·that tell us the history of the
·Museum collection: artifacts from the palace
4:41·domesdayana so an image like this these
4:44·materials out of terracotta the
4:46·Terracotta plaques the drainage spouts
4:49·these are going to be attributed to
4:52·Republican houses that are ultimately
4:54·obliterated by the construction of the
4:56·domus diveriana here are a series of
4:58·loom weights you can even reconstruct it
5:01·here so there's all kinds of household
5:03·activities taking place in the homes of
5:07·the Republican period
5:08·here is a nice rendition of the Palatine
5:13·Hill in the time of Augustus there's his
5:15·house there's the Temple of Apollo but
5:17·the rest of it was houses like this this
5:20·is known today as the house of Augustus
5:22·but it actually is a house bought by
5:24·Augustus and then buried and his house
5:27·was placed on top and we have
5:29·extraordinary frescoes preserved we're
5:32·also going to see a series of frescoes
5:34·preserved in the domus dibiriana that
5:37·are contemporary with these buildings
5:40·and these substructures dank the time of
5:43·Hadrian so when we peer through this
5:46·little Keyhole we can see this beautiful
5:48·hadrianic fresco
5:50·of leaves flowers and a bird
5:54·here's something a little more simply
5:56·rendered in the fourth Style again a lot
5:59·of these spaces are utilitarian
6:02·and we have a series of frescoes that we
6:05·can't get access to but do exist on some
6:07·of the substructures we can zoom in here
6:10·to see a portion of it so there are lots
6:13·of frescoes that Adorn the hadronic
6:15·levels of the domus to biriana so there
6:19·again we have the Republican temples and
6:21·here again we have a new rendition of
6:24·the elevation of the domus dividiana
6:26·there are other ideas because nothing is
6:28·definitive but what's found in the
6:30·excavation are statues what's found in
6:33·the excavation are going to be black and
6:35·white Mosaic still left in C2 and other
6:38·fragments of statues but tons of
6:41·examples of the beautiful colored and
6:43·white marbles that adored the private
6:47·and public spaces of the domus de banana
6:49·up above
6:51·what an incredible Museum space at the
6:53·same time looking down at the house of
6:56·the Vestal virgins this portion of
6:58·opacity is in the Palatine Museum above
7:02·and so is this but they're both
7:03·attributed to the domus tebiriana how
7:06·extraordinary it was in the time of the
7:09·mission in the time of Hadrian and the
7:11·use of colored and white marbles it was
7:14·something spectacular alabaster's
7:16·serpentino por free and so on all on
7:20·display we also have examples of the
7:22·commonware the cookware we get some
7:24·insight into the slaves that would have
7:26·been here and manage this household and
7:28·would feed the people that were coming
7:30·to the Banquets of the Emperors we also
7:32·get signs of daily life like dice
7:35·we also get signs of daily life with
7:38·countless ampharai that were used
7:40·through the centuries as well as a great
7:42·assortment of oil lamps that help us
7:45·date the goings-on in the Palace of the
7:49·mission over the centuries
7:53·besides these substructures we can walk
7:56·around to a number of terraces to
7:59·appreciate the views of the domus
8:02·dividiana
8:03·and we can understand better the various
8:07·stories that make up the domos dubidiana
8:11·on many levels
8:13·and it really is a place worth getting
8:17·to know
8:19·we have this great connection then down
8:22·to the Forum below
8:24·we have the piano Nobile the Royal floor
8:28·above us and down below we have this
8:31·tight connection with the Villanova with
8:34·the house of the best of virgins
8:36·coliseums in the distance it truly is
8:39·extraordinary religion is a big part as
8:41·well in the don't Mr biriana this is an
8:44·alabaster tiger probably originally
8:46·written by a statue of Bacchus or
8:49·Dionysus
8:50·we also have here this idq which depicts
8:55·hypocratase the Egyptian god
8:57·here's a marble seder again a companion
9:01·of Dionysus a god of wine
9:05·obviously important cult figure here
9:07·here's a Kista maybe holding sacred
9:09·implements and it is made of marble but
9:13·to pick something made of wicker this is
9:16·an oil lamp there's a whole series of
9:17·these dating to the Severin period And
9:19·it depicts Isis breastfeeding baby
9:22·hypocrates next to the god serapis
9:27·Isis is also present in Marble reliefs
9:30·so we think about the importance of the
9:33·prominence of this deity we also have
9:35·with Kates and katopates the cult of
9:38·mithvirus present in the domus tiberiana
9:41·so this is an extraordinary site this is
9:44·an incredible Palace and now it's
9:46·accessible
9:48·and keep in mind that the palace was a
9:50·Papal possession from the 5th to the 8th
9:52·centuries and in particular Pope John
9:55·VII actually lived in the domes to
9:57·biriana in the 8th century
10:01·such an incredible location the domus to
10:03·biriana we hope you liked it we hope you
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1 posted on 10/18/2023 8:59:22 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

Tiberius was a weird dude.......................


3 posted on 10/18/2023 9:01:55 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: SunkenCiv
I really did burst out laughing:

0:05 · the domus to biriana this massive
0:08 · fellatial structure attributed to the

maybe, according to Suetonius ...

6 posted on 10/18/2023 9:44:54 AM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: SunkenCiv
0:08· fellatial structure attributed to the

Wo, almost read that one wrong...
13 posted on 10/18/2023 8:33:43 PM PDT by nicollo ("This is FR!")
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