The House of Augustus, Emperor of Rome, lies on the Palatine Hill. In the olden days the Palatine Hill was top real estate and it was no surprise that the man who referred to himself as “Princeps” (First/ foremost) had his house located there. However strategic location apart, the house was built and decorated very modestly.
A visit to the house reveals frescoes that were painted nearly 2000 years ago but still survive in glorious fragments of red, ochre and white. The vivid colours leave a magnificent impression in your mind of how the house must have looked when it was newly built or decorated.
In spite of the worst of 2000 years, some brilliance survives to remind us what we once were.
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I award you the First Prize for this week’s Vivid!! 🙂
Thanks so much Frank! Means a lot to me 🙂
Good images and very interesting. A place I would like to visit. Amazing how the Romans decorated their villas and wonderful that they can still be admired today.
I hope you get to visit someday. I absolutely love Roman art and architecture!
Beautiful choice Sukanya – and how amazing that the colors remain after 2000 years. Incredible.
Thank you Tina- I’m a big fan of ancient history and I feel that those civilisations have so much to teach us.
Amazing!
Thank you!