Nero’s birthplace Antium: seaside villa and artificial port
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 มิ.ย. 2024
- Seaside Antium, less than 40 miles from Rome, was the birthplace of emperors Caligula and Nero. Nero celebrated his birthplace by building over the Augustan villa to make a massive domicile, akin to his Domus Aurea in Rome, stretching 800 meters across cliffs overlooking the sea. We'll examine the ruins atop the cliffs as well as from down below on the beach. Nero also created a massive 1/2 mile wide artificial port, the remains of which we can view from the beach and the air!
0:00 Introduction
0:46 History of Antium
1:29 Imperial villa and decorations
2:44 Nero's artificial harbor
3:44 Explore the villa from atop the cliffs and along the beach
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A recreation of what this structure looked like originally, would be interesting and informative.
Agreed! Haven't seen any -
Thanks again, Darius! It’s a privilege to be able to follow you, and to hear you cunningly guide us! I also realize how much beatiful places I still have to visit! I hope it’s kind of a never ending story!
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You have the best job in the world. But I'm sure you love it and know that :) thanks for the video. Always love them.
I would like to go and see this in person
easy train ride from Rome -
The Roman Emperor's must have loved being right on the beach. There isn't anything more soothing than sea air and the sounds of the ocean.
And special bonus- his hometown!
In "QVO VADIS" Nero mentioned that he was moving the court to Antium (in summer) if I recall correctly.
Fascinating history!
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Considero la FANCIULLA DI ANZIO la più bella statua del periodo ellenistico giunta fino a noi perché è immune dagli eccessivi restauri che caratterizzano la Nike di Samotracia e la Venere di Milo. Grazie per il video.
Awesome. As always. So easy to watch and listen to. Just all around clear and interesting.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks Darius! We have added Nero’s villa to our list of places to visit once in Italy again. Really interesting connection to recent history with the Anzio beachhead landing as well.
Will you be doing a video on Tiberius’ villa on Capri?
Look forward to next video!
Thank you very much for this educational video. Once again you teach us plenty. (I had no idea that landing point of Anzio was the same as Antium. Somehow i never made the easy connection in my mind. Duhhh. Thank you Darius. May I ask how much of the ancient structures were destoyed by the landing?
That is a great question- I've seen some footage-- but as you can see from the video these core villa section was mostly spared.
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Has anybody tried to map the water color onto excavated features of the palace? Would be cool to see maps side by side. I tried to check if somebody has done a VR recreation but all Google throws up are visualizations of what Nero built in Rome. Maybe material for a future short video?
I met w/ the people of the local museums and sites- we have plans for a nice, extended video project!
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ABSOLUTELY!!
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The wine dark sea
Thank you for this fascinating video! Knowing what ocean water can do, it's amazing that the bricks and mortar have lasted so long. I doubt whether this much of our culture will still exist 2000 years from now. And, partying with Caligula or Nero, er, no thanks. 🏛