The Gardens of Maecenas, or Horti Maecenatis, constituted the luxurious ancient Roman estate of Gaius Maecenas, an Augustan-era imperial advisor and patron...
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as "Cilnius Maecenas"; it is possible that "Cilnius" was his mother's nomen – or that Maecenas was in fact a cognomen. The Gaius Maecenas mentioned in...
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Laocoön and His Sons (redirect from Laocoon of the Vatican)
was within the Gardens of Maecenas, founded by Gaius Maecenas the ally of Augustus and patron of the arts. He bequeathed the gardens to Augustus in 8...
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back to Rome first-hand experience of Persian gardening in the hilly sites of Asia Minor; the villa gardens of Maecenas, which included libraries open to...
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Zuccari. In 1590, Zuccari bought a plot of land near the Trinità dei Monti, and its remains of the Gardens of Lucullus. He then began to construct his...
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heart of Rome, above the Spanish Steps. Gardens of Maecenas Gardens of Maecenas, gardens built by the Augustan era patron of the arts Maecenas. He sited...
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Colosseum (redirect from The Coliseum of Rome)
grandiose Domus Aurea on the site, in front of which he created an artificial lake surrounded by pavilions, gardens and porticoes. The existing Aqua Claudia...
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Baths of Domitian) Circus Flaminius Circus Maximus Circus of Maxentius Circus of Nero Circus Varianus Gardens of Lucullus Gardens of Maecenas Gardens of Sallust...
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Arch of Titus (Italian: Arco di Tito; Latin: Arcus Tītī) is a 1st-century AD honorific arch, located on the Via Sacra, Rome, just to the south-east of the...
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the gardens of Lucullus, the most famous in the late Roman republic. Domenico Savino da Montepulciano was responsible for the layout of the gardens. The...
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