The domus in the Roman town buried by Vesuvius along with Pompeii in 79 AD are the House of the Tuscan Colonnade and the ...

The Domus Aurea, or Golden House, was the sprawling palace of the Roman emperor Nero. Archaeologists recently uncovered a chunk of Egyptian blue ingot, an example of the opulence of the palace itself.

Wealthier Romans – including those who lived in the countryside – lived in a domus. This was a house built around an ... was an integral part of being a Roman. As a result, most families ...