Buildings of an Emperor – How Nero Transformed Rome

Abstract

Nero is perhaps most famous as a builder; not only because of the Great Fire of Rome, which granted him a greater opportunity for urban development than any of his predecessors, but also because this urban development was devoted almost exclusively to the construction of his “Golden House.” To understand the general strategy under Nero it would be useful to first know the particulars. Had Nero drawn up and followed a master plan? Or was Nero's Rome the result of a chain of many individual decisions? This chapter attempts to address these questions by examining the construction projects of the Neronian Age, both public and private. Neronian buildings are undoubtedly his palace complexes. Nero's desire to emphasize his own position as princeps through his personal living quarters and residence, rather than through temples or public buildings, was an innovative ambition that fitted into his new concept of society.

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