... devastating - two-thirds of Rome destroyed including the amphitheater of Taurus. Emperor Nero resolved that the area cleared by fire would be the site of a great monument to himself: the Golden House. He did this contrary to the people's request for a large amphitheater. A 120 foot statue of Nero, the Colossus Neronis, was created as well as an artificial lake on the ... Golden House grounds. The statue would later be transformed into Helos, the Sun God, and placed near the building. This would become the namesake of the Coloseum while the lake would ... popularity in the early 1800's...

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... rising 158' from the ground level. The site for the Colosseum was also, as was everything, carefully planned out. After the previous emperor Nero died, his "Domus Aurea" (Golden Temple) still remained on the site. Vespasian, not particularly wanting the palace to stick around decided to destroy the entire site and use it for his "gift" to ... ...

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... eventually destroying the roots of this once great city. When Marcus Aurelius passed away on March 17, 180 A.D it marked the ending to an era that has been called the golden ages of the Roman Empire. A great historian once wrote, "If a man were called upon to fix in the history of the world when the condition of the human race was ... ...

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... , he ordered gladiators to fight with blunted points. Needing extra funds for his wars in Eastern Europe, he refused to raise taxes but instead held a public auction of his own golden tableware and of his wife's silk and gold embroidered dresses. The Meditations were written day by day, in every situation including war. They often appear to be responses to the ... ...

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... . Shapur also limited the power of the priests and forced them to yield their semi-independence status in favor of the central government's authority. In short, Shapur II started the Golden Era of Sasanian dynasty; an era that lasted for surprisingly long time, with inevitable lapses here and there. This great king brought the Romans down to their knees and took ... ...

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