here were dining rooms with fretted ceilings of ivory, whose panels could turn and shower down flowers and were fitted with pipes for sprinkling the guests with perfumes.The main banquet hall was circular and revolved constantly day and night, like the heavens. When the palace was finished in this manner and he dedicated it, he deigned to say nothing more in the way of approval than that he was at last beginning to be housed like a human being.

After Nero's death the construction of the Domus Aurea was stopped. It's true that emperor Otho (69 AD) still spent a few millions to complete the accommodation, but three months in office were too short for that. During the years after Nero's suicide there have been attempts to give the accommodation a new function. Normal citizens should be able to profit. The general atmosphere was one of giving back to the people, what had been the property of Nero.
Notches in the walls show floors must have been inserted to accommodate more people in the huge building.Emperor Titus (79-81 AD) used part of the Domus Aurea as his royal residence. Part of it was demolished to build new bathing pools.

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