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Papers by Ulrike Wulf-Rheidt
From the time of the late Roman Republic onwards the concept of otium as opposed to negotium play... more From the time of the late Roman Republic onwards the concept of otium as opposed to negotium played an important role, since it allowed the elite to concentrate on other productive activities than the politic ones. This new life form was associated with luxurious villas outside Rome, where this particular concept of cultivated life combined with the aspects of Greek culture and with luxury could be realized. With Nero’s Domus Aurea the implementation of this concept as a modern style of rule and as a new ideal for the Roman Emperor had an enduring
influence on the imperial palace architecture in Rome. The importance of villa- and garden elements did not end with the abandonment of the Domus Aurea either. The numerous new investigations in the last decades of the palace constructions from Flavian times on the Palatine have revealed how important and suggestive the creation of various rooms and gardens for leisure was, showing that otium also played a crucial role for the representation of the Flavian Emperors.
Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2009
Palaces from Augustus to the Age of Absolutism, 2000
From the time of the late Roman Republic onwards the concept of otium as opposed to negotium play... more From the time of the late Roman Republic onwards the concept of otium as opposed to negotium played an important role, since it allowed the elite to concentrate on other productive activities than the politic ones. This new life form was associated with luxurious villas outside Rome, where this particular concept of cultivated life combined with the aspects of Greek culture and with luxury could be realized. With Nero’s Domus Aurea the implementation of this concept as a modern style of rule and as a new ideal for the Roman Emperor had an enduring
influence on the imperial palace architecture in Rome. The importance of villa- and garden elements did not end with the abandonment of the Domus Aurea either. The numerous new investigations in the last decades of the palace constructions from Flavian times on the Palatine have revealed how important and suggestive the creation of various rooms and gardens for leisure was, showing that otium also played a crucial role for the representation of the Flavian Emperors.
Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2009
Palaces from Augustus to the Age of Absolutism, 2000