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A Tour of the Palatine
7 Temple of Cybele
Shaded on its lower slopes with pines, and scattered Also known as the Temple of the Magna
in spring with wild flowers, the Palatine is the most Mater, this was the center of an important
pleasant and relaxing of the city’s ancient fertility cult.
sites. You can reach the hill by walking 8 Huts of Romulus
up from the Roman Forum (see p83). These are traces of a
The area is dominated by the ruins 9th-century BC village
of the Domus Flavia and the on the Palatine.
Domus Augustana, two parts of
Domitian’s huge palace built at
the end of the 1st century AD.
What you are able to
see depends on where
excavations are taking
place at the time.

To Farnese Gardens (see p103)

6 . House of Augustus
Splendid frescoes, painted in
about 30 BC, can be seen
in four rooms here.

5 . House of Livia
Many of the wall paintings have
survived in the house where
Augustus lived with his wife Livia.

0 meters 75
3 Domus Augustana
0 yards 75 The Roman emperors
1 . Domus Flavia lived in this part of
This oval fountain was designed the palace, while the
Key
to be seen from the dining hall Domus Flavia was used
Suggested route of the palace. for public functions.

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