UNDER CONSTRUCTION The palace built by Domitian on the Palatine Hill was known as the Domus Augustiana or the Palatium. The lower peristyle and the stadium have been highlighted.
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Although the word originally applied to the palace as a whole, the lower story of which overlooked the courtyard (peristyle) pictured above, and a sunken garden in the form of a stadium below.
The small oval track in the background was built by Theodoric in the sixth century.
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