Ancient site · Italy · Partial ruin
Palatine Hill
The Palatine Hill is the centremost of Rome’s seven hills and the site where Rome’s earliest settlements and later the emperors’ palaces were located. Today it is an open-air archaeological park with visible remains of imperial residences, temples and later garden and museum buildings. Excavations have revealed domestic huts, Republican houses and the layered palaces of Augustus, Tiberius and Domitian.
Its prime
AD 90
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in AD 90
The shape it held in its prime.
The Palatine presents a series of grass-covered terraces and low ruinous enclosures rising from the city, connected by ancient paved approaches. Large irregular basalt paving stones and worn paths cross the lower slopes; tall cypress and evergreen trees punctuate the terraces. Scattered brick and stone walls, platformed foundations and fragmentary rooms sit amid lawns; portions of later villa structures and the Palatine Museum occupy a surviving building on the summit.
Step inside
8 places to explore in AD 90.
The record describes 8 distinct spots at Palatine Hill — including 5 interiors: domus flavia — reception halls and terraces, domus augustana — imperial private apartments, house of livia — frescoed domestic rooms and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.
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Families who held Palatine Hill.
The families tied to Palatine Hill across its history — follow a name to its page.
Farnese
Owned by the Farnese family from the 16th century, who laid out the Farnese Gardens above the remains of the Domus Tiberiana.
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