09-30-2009, 07:00 AM
In the newest announcement of "celebrity archaeology," the BBC reports on the possible discovery of Nero's rotating dining room from the Golden House.
Apparently this is based on Seutonius:
Interestingly, in the past it seems some experts believed that it was the ceiling, not the room itself, which rotated.
Apparently this is based on Seutonius:
Quote:There were dining-rooms with fretted ceils of ivory, whose panels could turn and shower down flowers and were fitted with pipes for sprinkling the guests with perfumes. The main banquet hall was circular and constantly revolved day and night, like the heavens.
Suetonius, Nero, 31
Interestingly, in the past it seems some experts believed that it was the ceiling, not the room itself, which rotated.
David J. Cord
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