Hi Gaieus!

Can you post some pictures of the building remains? or of the dig?

are you sure it´s your work ?

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Ups!

That's a wrong location!

check this:
http://ogleearth.com/2011/05/finding-osama-bin-ladens-abbottabad-mansion-with-google-earth/

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Great to know you are the author to that map, its one of my favorite pieces of information on the Domus Aurea!

I went back to see the area around the torre cartularia on google building maker (great aerial photography), i must say i never gave it much attention, i always followed the Gismondi version with a small temple, he must have considered the structure was the brick core.

But now that you mention it, it really looks strange, not at all like the sub structure to a temple. What is the date for its construction? Flavian?

Why did you thought of a ramp? the clivus palatinus is just around the corner why build a ramp there? it also reminds me of the structure built by Hadrian for the Colossus near the colosseum.

If you want an example o a similar roman structure, rather than the moorish Giralda tower, you might want to give a look to the roman lighthouse called Torre de Hercules in Galicia

Nice work Marco!

I was intrigued by your mention of the Cenatio Rotunda, is this the large circular structure under the domus flavia? do you have any pictures of how it would look? and where is the torre cartularia?

I agree those renders of the Domus Transitoria look great! Do they have the Domus Aurea also modeled?

I'm sure you already know this Marco, but have you seen the pictures for the colosseum exhibition on Nero?
It includes the recent findings in the Palatine. What do you think?

The model looks great, but i think the textures are a little off...

Keep posting the good work!

PS: The stage should be in stone paving near the Frons Scenae and in wood near the orchestra.

Marco, you can use the drape tool to project the road system on the terrain. Its very simple, but you should only do that when you are sure that the terrain is done, projecting the geometry into other geometry mixes it all up, so it makes it much harder to do corrections on the terrain after you projected the roads.

I usually draw all the terrain in a CAD software in the form of contour lines, then i use the "from contours" tool to generate the terrain mesh, finally i project the roads and other features into the terrain with the "Drape" tool....

The twin entrances that you propose for the Baths of Titus and the Claudianum makes perfect sense, i'm always amazed by the constant search for symmetry in roman architecture. It reminds me of the porticus absidata and the southern colonnade, on the forum transitorium to hide the asymmetric entrances to the forum square.

Your wife work is really amazing! i have accompanied her studies trough some archeology blogs in the past years. Finding Maxentius Sceptre must have been a breath taking moment. From all the archaeologists in Rome the two names that in know best is Clementina Panella for the work in the Meta Sudans and Roberto Meneghini for the work in the Forum Traiani.

Hi Marco.

Your work is looking great!

How did your german friend convinced you that the main part of the villa was in the oppio hill?
There are some structures north of the bath that have the same orientation has the domus aurea, but i always thought it made more sense to think that the main building was in the palatine, and the recent find of the rotating room near the temple of heliogabalus seemed to confirm this. With the damnatio memoriae on Nero, the first thing to be destroyed would be the heart of the Domus Aurea, and trying to further erase his memory the Flavian emperors, built the Domus Flavia over it. It seems more likely rather than the Domus Aurea being abandoned for 40 years until Trajan built his baths.
What do you think?

Marco, you can also try and place some simple textures on your model, rather than an all white look, it makes it easier to understand what are walls roofs or floors, and with the correct texturing even some very simple models can look deceivingly complex.

Are you going to include the Neronian structures of the Domus Aurea on the Palatine Hill, like the recently found rotating room mentioned by Suetonius? Is this structure aligned with the center of the Atrium later the temple of Venus and Rome?

it´s working, tks jason!

hi all,

I'm unable find the Sketchup Exporter SkIndigo 2.2.12 from the indigo site, the page seems to be down, can anyone help me?

tks!

I think the Earth DEM files from the USGS (made by the shuttle) are exactly the same data google uses for most of it's terrain, except for some areas where they have a greater detail from data given by the local authorities.

I agree with Gaieus.

Forget about Vitruvius!! lolol the ten books are greatly overrated.

Its a great source for understanding ideal roman architecture, but it has a lot of trouble when applied to real life and real buildings
The books are really poorly written, Greek mixed with Latin, invented words, missing parts, no mention of engaged columns and orders..... some buildings described are impossible to build because he sets contradictory rules and proportions, the list of mistakes goes on and on...,
And like Gaieus pointed out the books were written in the start of Augustus reign, the empire lasted for 400 years after that!

Its really hard to find a roman building that fits in Vitruvius understanding of rules and proportions. Like for example the Panteon! does it fit Vitruvius? no way...
The Ten Books are just a set of principles for ideal architecture, don´t try and fit everything in it.

Post Scriptum: Great images, can you show us more???

Tks rev3rse!!

The entablature looks great!!

You can optimise it by lowering the number of lines on the round parts of the cornice and the architrave. The entablature is usually a relatively distant element in a render, so there isn't a need for much detail.
I have a good Corinthian column that might be useful on your model, i made it from bits and pieces that i found on the warehouse, improving them all a little. The column shaft for example is yours. It just needs some texturing.

Column C.skp

rev3rse can you please please please share that great frieze!

tks!!

sorry i don't see anything, can you post a link to youtube maybe?

my favourite in 5 points road
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