An emperor for a master : slaves in the palaces of Augustus and Nero
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2018-05
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Harton, George Maurice, V
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Traditionally, scholars portray the palaces of imperial Rome as spaces for interaction between the emperor and his elite guests while erasing the majority of the familia urbana that populated these sprawling structures: the slaves. Yet by examining the architecture and decorations of the palaces of Augustus and Nero in Rome, the lives of enslaved people can be reconstructed, restoring their centrality to the history of the early Principate.
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Roman slaves, Imperial Rome, Roman freedmen, Roman palace slaves, House of Augustus, House of Livia, Roman palace architecture, Domus Transitoria, Domus Aurea, Esquiline Wing, Augustus’ slaves, Nero’s slaves, Roman wall painting, Frescoes, Roman convivium, Roman archaeology, Roman domestic space, Scaenae frons, Roman theater, Familia Caesaris, Palatine, Ancient Rome