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![https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domus_Aurea?wprov=sfti1#History
Construction began after the great fire of 64 and was nearly completed before Nero's death in 68, a remarkably short time for such an enormous project. 4J Nero took great interest in every detail of the project, according to Tacitus, 5) and oversaw the engineer-architects, Celer and Severus, who were also responsible for the attempted navigable canal with which Nero hoped to link Misenum with Lake Avernus. 6] 7]
Emperor Otho 8. and possibly Titus allotted money to finish at least the structure on the Oppian Hill; this continued to be inhabited, notably by emperor Vitellius in 69 but only after falling ill, ' until it was destroyed in a fire under Trajan in 104.101
A symbol of decadence that caused severe embarrassment to Nero's successors, the Domus Aurea was stripped of its marble, jewels, and ivory within a decade. 1]
Although the Oppian villa continued to be inhabited for some years, soon after Nero's death other parts of the palace and grounds,
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