Walk through Domitian's Palace on the Palatine
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2024
- Take a walk through the expansive palace of Domitian on the Palatine hill. It was the definitive residence of the emperor in Rome for centuries. The impressive brick ruins- on multiple levels- allows us to allows us to explore public and private spaces of the imperial family.
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0:00 introduction
1:34 Side Entrance
3:01 Triclinium (dining room)
4:54 Peristyle court with octagonal fountain
6:26 Aula Regia (Royal hall) with colossal statuary
8:04 Sunken court: reflecting pools, fountains
10:20 Island triclinium
10:47 Stadium (garden space)
11:35 Barberini vineyards: former palace space converted into Temple of Jupiter precinct
Just got back from Rome and this is all helping me to visualise what I saw there, thank you.
The views of the Circus Maximus and Colosseum are simply breathtaking. Wow!! The view of the Palatine Stadium is amazing. The whole thing is stunning. Thank you for providing so much insight Darius.
Many thanks.
Amazing , those marblefloors still ' in situ ' after 2 Millennia 😮😊❤
I love your videos! So educational and it makes me feel like I am there myself! Keep up the great work!!
Thank you! Will do!
Your generous and informative offerings are the educational vacation everyone needs. You are a Civil Contributor of the highest order, and I am in your debt!
We all thank you!
Thank you. So much more excavated than when i was last there 20 years ago.
Thanks for sharing this very interesting video of Domithian's Palace a place that i have visited with great pleasure. Even my, then 10 years old boy found it very interesting! As always you have done a very good job 👍 👏 👌
Nice use of the computer-generated model of the palace, so we can see how the palace looked like back then. Thank you for the informative video.
Glad you enjoyed it. We have our colleague Andrea Troiani to thank for the wonderful model.
@@AncientRomeLive Yes, it enhances the presentation marvelously.
Best channel to know archeological places on the ancient Rome, learn so much and perfect explicatiom and reconstruction, like so much your videos Darius I absolutely love the period between 284 to 476, but Domitian era was so nice too
Wow, thank you for taking us around these magnificent structures. ❤❤❤❤
Our pleasure!
To the think what we are seeing is mere fragments. Thank you!
Would it not be a great idea to get some people together and make these, and others, in Unreal 5? With some prefabs you can do amazing things and it would be almost photorealistic all in real time. You could also change time of day and ambient sounds depending on if it is night or day. As far as I understand it, Unreal is free for projects like this. You could also have some npc's walking around with very little effort and since you don't have to make them interactive, just put them on paths to walk. I would really like to see that.
Nice idea-- would still take a lot of work (time and money)...
Vik do you know about these guys we don't get Darius excellent narration (and I would pay for that) but is super worthwhile
www.youtube.com/@historyin3d
Edit: Darius as can be seen there are people working on this already all they would need is your narration
@@AncientRomeLive It's a new concept, so think of the benefits instead, Thats probably the next step here, you would like to have more visitors, (and tourist dollars). These enhancements might only be available to people on site. Small markers placed in the ground would indicate to visitors where to stand and access their phones for a 360 view of the computer recreated visual. Access codes (good for one day and purchased by) visitors would prevent saving or viewing if not standing directly over those tiles. Also, a good application for virtual/enhanced reality with portable 3D goggles, (rentable of course from the gift shop), similar to location shots from Google Earth. As an experienced designer, I think a strong case could be made here (by a design firm, institution, or other public or private partners) to drive tourist visits using new technology. Other popular sites might also benefit from this, the Colosseum, the Forum, etc. I think someone should pick up this idea and test it. As a way to start, this might be a good thesis project for design students as well. I like your 4K stabilized video and wide-angle view, great presentation.
@@AncientRomeLive It would take some money and a lot of love. But honestly it could be a lot less than people imagine. You would need someone to advice the people building the assets (the prefabs) with old and new plans and layouts together with maybe best guess design and architecture pictures. The people building the assets could be either volunteers from schools and universities around the area. Not everything has to be absolutely perfect. When I worked with Unreal a while ago, you made an asset, say a ceeling beam in wood, and then you duplicate it everywhere in the "level". You resize it, stretch it, just duplicate it as much as you need. Same would go for pillars and roof tiles, etc. I doubt it would be that much work once people working on it understand how to use the engine properly. Check out some of the Unreal 5 tech demos. they blow my mind away.
We need another Assassin Creed that want to replicate 😂 . They did it with Notre Dame
thanks for the tour ! is there any initiative to restore the palace to some extent at least ? And are the lower floors of the palace accessible to the public ?
What you see has been restored already - in portions- don't expect Williamsburg anytime soon! The lower portions are occasionally open for limited-run exhibits...
Restoration is one thing, but reconstruction is an entirely different problem. The cost would be extraordinary. It is doubtful any major structures will be rebuilt to original condition within our lifetime, if ever. We are allowed our imagination and digital renderings to glimpse what was, in a time when Rome was the dominant power in the region.
Thank Darius! Nice tour in situ. This reminds me of the reconstruction of the at Villa dei Paperi in Heruclanum called the Getty Villa in Malibu, CA. What a magnificent palace this must have been. For viewers a look at some of the in tact, reconstructed palace possibilities check out the Getty Villa in Malibu.
Thank you !
Darius, this video was REALLY nice! Thank you for taking us there.
Thank you!
Great videos, love them so much
We’ve been to Rome 33 times so far. Can’t get enough. Our second home. By the way Darius. I met you at the pantheon several years ago. You were with an architect from Mississippi. Paolo
Small world!
The size of this Palace sends a message about the rise and consolidation of power of the Flavian dynasty. I imagine that this structure is smaller than the Domus Aurea, but it still speaks to the utter dominance of one man/family. It also must have conveyed quite a policy statement to foreign diplomats visiting the Emperor.
Yes!
Great video... Thanks Darius 👍 Greetings from Belgium 😉🇧🇪👋
Glad you liked it!
Another great informative and enjoyable video 😁
thank you.
I really want info on the imperial living quarters. The actual apartments where they slept and lived with their family. I can only imagine the splendor. It's hard to make heads or tails out of what is there today. The bedrooms and baths.
Absolutely fantastic work once again Dar. Everyone who watches and enjoys these awe inspiring videos should be donating to Ancient Rome live to ensure we can continue to keep learning from Darius and and his amazing service he provides for free!
Much appreciated! Team effort!
Three times I've been to Rome and i did not know about this (although I saw the ruins in the distance!). Well-made video and presentation. Thank you
thank you. It's worth a visit!
Fascinating. Thank you!
Our pleasure!
Thank you
Thanks for the wonderful video!
Thank you too!
Great.
Another wonderful video! Darius, do we know who or if any people were resident/living at the imperial palaces on the Palatine once the emperors moved their courts to other cities? I've always wondered how these were utilized during the Tetrarchy or in Late Antiquity when there was no emperor in Rome.
The palace remained in place and ready to accommodate appropriate guests, etc... they were not abandoned; they were still showcase centers for the empire, with or without presence of the emperor.
@@AncientRomeLive Interesting, thanks for the response!
Thank you, Doc. Wonderful. You have done a great video on the Tiber bridges. Could you do one on the acquiduts, another on the city walls, and even the undergrown systems, pls?
Thank you. If you look at our content on ancientromelive.org (index) or search on CZcams- we have videos on both city walls and aqueducts..
@@AncientRomeLive Well thank you. Youtr index is so extensive that I must have missed it. Caan you giver me the titles to those videos, pls?
Darius have you thought about VR content (or maybe you have some already?)
Yes, but a big commitment. Love to find a partner for our non profit to make more content.
What sort of fuel did the Romans use to burn in their hypocausts in Rome? I would have thought their forests would be depleted in their empire's long history. Another interesting video.
“Fuel and Fire in theAncient Roman World, Towards an integrated economic understanding
Edited by Robyn Veal & Victoria Leitch” is a nice article on the subject. The general thought is that that the Romans must have had a sophisticated system of forest management in order to provide the massive amounts of wood and charcoal required by the city. Anything less would have stripped the surrounding areas in short order. Glass making and other industries would have consumed enormous quantities of fuel.
@@jeffreyhenion4818 In the UK in country areas, homes have wood burners as backup for the electricity grid. The Romans could teach us a few things in this respect as fossil fuels become depleted. Thank you.
Wood, charcoal...
Emperors existing in general: "he was assassinated"
Do you live in the area?
Wow..I'd like to know how much Domitian spent on that
gargantuan complex .We know that Julius Caesar
purchased land in the forum for 60+ million sesterces
and Cicero purchased the home of Crasus for 3.6 million
sesterces..I imagine Domitian's palace building ideas
were limited by ones imagination and limited available
land, not financial budget.
Yes, the fact that it is the definitive residence - and we can really appreciate its scale- means that money was no object!
What i wonder is how were these massive buildings destroyed? The city must have been attacked my many catapults. Or the people just hacked the stones out of the buildings.
they got destroyed by allot of things, but by one in particular; time.
Hi Darius, you get much right here but some parts of the video certainly are debatable at best. The semi-circular or convex building near Domitian’s private stadium is actually the remains of Severus’s private bath. Domitian stadium was initially use for private one on gladiatorial battles - sometimes “gladiatrixes,” foot and horse races. Private, covered viewing platform closer to Flavian Palace. The “moat” as you call it, LOL, was a tree-island with water fountains and gardens around it. I can go on. However, I don’t need to totally dissect this video from my perspective as a licensed tour guide and a documentarist/video producer, it’s enjoyable enough for many. Good job overall and I appreciate your efforts 🫡.
Just why? There’s always one. Go away.