Location: Rome
Date: 64-68 AD
Details: The Domus Aurea was a large park-and-residence palace built by the emperor Nero on the Oppian Hill. The building was constructed largely in the area destroyed in the "Great Fire" (AD 64), and included groves,…
Location: Paestum
Date: c. 520-510 BC
Details: Greek settlers founded Poseidonia (later called Paestum) around 600 BC. One of the earliest civic structures is the heroon, a square, roofed chamber that was carved out of bedrock near the agora…
Location: Paestum
Date: 273 BC
Details: In 273, the Romans established a Latin colony at Paestum. (The city was originally called Poseidonia, then, after the take over by an Italian people called Lucanians, it was called Paistos, from which name…
Location: Paestum
Date: the walls visible today were probably built between the late fourth and third century BC, when a Roman colony was established here. However, they may have been preceded by an earlier fortification system.
Location: Paestum
Date: fifth century BC
Details: In many Greek cities, the ekklesiaterion was a building that hosted meetings of the ekklesia, the assembly of all adult male citizens. The bouleuterion was a building designated for the boule,…
Location: National Archaeological Museum of Paestum Date: late 4th century BC Details: The tomb frescoes of fourth century Paestum vividly express a mixture of cultures, drawing from Greek, Lucanian/south Italic, and Etruscan traditions. Funerary…