Rambles in Rome / An Archæological and Historical Guide to the Museums, Galleries, Villas, Churches, and Antiquities of Rome and the Campagna

by S. Russell Forbes

PLAN OF THE PALACE OF DOMITIAN, A.D. 81–96.

• A, Tablinium.
• B, Lararium.
• C, Basilica.
• D, Vestibule.
• E, Tricliniarium.
• F, Nymphæum.
• G, Temple Jupiter Victor.
• H, Vometarium.
• K, Cubiculum.

PLAN OF HOUSE OF GERMANICUS, A.D. 1
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THE PALACE OF DOMITIAN (17).

He used the remains of Augustus's palace, destroyed by fire in the second year of the reign of Titus, filling in the chambers of the earlier buildings with earth, so that they formed a solid foundation. "He embellished the portico, in which he took his airing, with polished stone, so that he might observe if any one approached him" (Suetonius). The remains consist of the tablinium, or summer-parlour; the lararium, or chapel of the household gods; the bed-chamber where he was assassinated; the tricliniarium, or dining-room; the peristylium, or open court; nymphæum, or aquarium; the vometarium; auditorium; and the crypto-porticoes connecting it with the other palaces.