ero wasn't
the sole Roman who loved the 'rus in urbe', the countryside elements and park-like scenery
in the city. Vineyards, orchards, vegetable gardens and parks, pastures and forests with
grazing herds and animals appeared around the palace, at the Caelius, near the Fagutal -
the altar in the holy forest at the Esquiline, and at the Oppius.
Near by the entrance of the Domus Aurea stood a
gigantic statue of Nero, the Colossus Neronis. It was a bronze statue of a male with a
height of 37,2 meters and carved by the Greek Zenodoros. This monstrosity was built in imitation of the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The colossus was affixed with the heads of
several emperors before Hadrian moved it to the Amphitheatrum Flavium. This building
took the name Colosseum in the Middle Ages, so called after the statue outside of
it. The name stuck and is used to this day.
ero wasn't
the sole Roman who loved the 'rus in urbe', the countryside elements and park-like scenery
in the city. Vineyards, orchards, vegetable gardens and parks, pastures and forests with
grazing herds and animals appeared around the palace, at the Caelius, near the Fagutal -
the altar in the holy forest at the Esquiline, and at the Oppius.